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With impeccably detailed research and an eye towards a better future,
At What Cost arms ordinary citizens, activists, and health professionals with an understanding of how we've arrived at the current critical state in global health, and what we can do to ensure a healthier collective future.
Sommario
- Table of Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Part I. Introduction
- 1. The Changing Face of U.S. and Global Capitalism
- Part II. The Pillars of Health
- 2. Food: Ultraprocessed Products Become the Global Diet
- 3. Education: Private Capital Goes to School
- 4. Health Care: the Medical Care Industry's War on Cancer
- 5. Consequences of the Growth of Low-Wage and Precarious Work
- 6. Transportation: Uber and Autonomous Vehicles vs. Mass Transit
- 7. Social Connections: Extracting Profit from Human Relations
- Part III. Conclusion
- 8. Transitions from 21st-century Capitalism
- 9. From Now to Next: To Build a Movement for Another World
- References
Info autore
Nicholas Freudenberg, DrPH, MPH, is Distinguished Professor of Public Health at the City University of New York Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy, Director of the CUNY Urban Food Policy Institute, and Founder of Corporations and Health Watch, a website that monitors the impact of corporations on health. Dr. Freudenberg is the author or co-author of five other books and more than 100 scientific articles. His work has been supported by the National Institutes of Health, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and the Open Society Institute.
Riassunto
With impeccably detailed research and an eye towards a better future, At What Cost arms ordinary citizens, activists, and health professionals with an understanding of how we've arrived at the current critical state in global health, and what we can do to ensure a healthier collective future.
Testo aggiuntivo
Freudenberg presents the analytical and intellectual tools to make the changes so desperately needed for those who wish to recreate a sustainable, functioning public health paradigm. This book is a substantive contribution to understanding the complex intellectual parameters of Public Health.
