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The body economic : why austerity kills : recessions, budget battles, and the politics of life and death / David Stuckler, Sanjay Basu.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: New York : Basic Books, [2013]Description: xxi, 216 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 0465063985
  • 9780465063987
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HM 548 S932b 2013
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Contents:
Part I. History. Tempering the Great Depression -- The post-communist mortality crisis -- From miracle to mirage -- Part II. The great recession. God bless Iceland -- Greek tragedy -- Part III. Resilience. To care or not to care -- Returning to work -- A plague on all your houses -- Conclusion: healing the body economic.
Summary: Two public health researchers prove that the recent economic crises around the world have had calamitous effects on people's health, citing increases in suicide rates, HIV transmissions, and heart disease during times of bad fiscal polic
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Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Ciencias Sociales Ciencias Sociales (3er. Piso) HM 548 S932b 2013 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000165276

Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-204) and index.

Part I. History. Tempering the Great Depression -- The post-communist mortality crisis -- From miracle to mirage -- Part II. The great recession. God bless Iceland -- Greek tragedy -- Part III. Resilience. To care or not to care -- Returning to work -- A plague on all your houses -- Conclusion: healing the body economic.

Two public health researchers prove that the recent economic crises around the world have had calamitous effects on people's health, citing increases in suicide rates, HIV transmissions, and heart disease during times of bad fiscal polic

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