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From economist Anne Case and Nobel Prize winner Angus Deaton, a groundbreaking account of how the flaws in capitalism are fatal for America's working classDeaths of despair from suicide, drug overdose, and alcoholism are rising dramatically in the United States, claiming hundreds of thousands o...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Case, Anne (Autor), Deaton, Angus (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2021]
Temas:
Capitalism > Social aspects > United States.
Drug abuse > Economic aspects > United States.
Drugs > Overdose > United States > History > 21st century.
Suicide > Economic aspects > United States.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General.
Addiction.
Adult.
African Americans.
Alcoholic liver disease.
Alcoholism.
American Capitalism.
Americans.
Angus Deaton.
Bachelor's degree.
Behalf.
Birth cohort.
Blood pressure.
Bowling Alone.
Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Calculation.
Capitalism.
Cardiovascular disease.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Chronic pain.
Competition.
Consumer.
Crack epidemic.
Current population survey (US).
Death certificate.
Death.
Demography.
Depression (mood).
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Old age.
Opioid.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface to the Paper back
  • Preface
  • Introduction: Death in the afternoon
  • Part I. Past as Prologue
  • 1 The Calm before the Storm
  • 2 Things Come Apart
  • 3 Deaths of Despair
  • Part II. The Anatomy of the Battlefield
  • 4 The Lives and Deaths of the More (and Less) Educated
  • 5 Black and White Deaths
  • 6 The Health of the Living
  • 7 The Misery and Mystery of Pain
  • 8 Suicide, Drugs, and Alcohol
  • 9 Opioids
  • Part III. What's the Economy Got to Do with It?
  • 10 False Trails: Poverty, Income, and the Great Recession
  • 11 Growing Apart at Work
  • 12 Widening Gaps at Home
  • Part IV. Why Is Capitalism Failing So Many?
  • 13 How American Healthcare Is Undermining Lives
  • 14 Capitalism, Immigrants, Robots, and China
  • 15 Firms, Consumers, and Workers
  • 16 What to Do?
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes
  • Index

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