Deaths of despair and the future of capitalism / Anne Case, Angus Deaton, with a new preface by the authors.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Case, Anne, 1958- author.

Deaton, Angus, author.

Series:

Gale eBooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Suicide--Economic aspects.

Suicide.

Public health--United States.

Public health.

Premature death--United States.

Premature death.

Capitalism--Social aspects.

Capitalism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 312 pages) : illustrations, charts

Place of Publication:

Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2020]

Summary:

"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 class"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

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

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780691217062

0691217068

OCLC:

1120784555