TY  - BOOK
AU  - Case,Anne
AU  - Deaton,Angus
TI  - Deaths of despair and the future of capitalism
SN  - 9780691217079 (paperback)
AV  - HV 6548 C337d 2021
U1  - 362.28 
PY  - 2021///
CY  - Princeton
PB  - Princeton University Press
KW  - Suicide
KW  - Economic aspects
KW  - United States
KW  - Drugs
KW  - Overdose
KW  - History
KW  - 21st century
KW  - Drug abuse
KW  - Premature death
KW  - Public health
KW  - Life expectancy
KW  - Capitalism
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Suicidio
KW  - Aspectos económicos
KW  - Aspect économique
KW  - États-Unis
KW  - Sobredosis de medicamentos
KW  - Abuso de drogas
KW  - Capitalismo
KW  - Aspectos sociales
KW  - Estatus educacional
KW  - Médicaments
KW  - Surdosage
KW  - Histoire
KW  - 21e siècle
KW  - Toxicomanie
KW  - Mortalité prématurée
KW  - Santé publique
KW  - Espérance de vie
KW  - fast
KW  - Social conditions
KW  - nli
KW  - Conditions sociales
KW  - Instructional and educational works
KW  - lcgft
KW  - Matériel d'éducation et de formation
KW  - rvmgf
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-291) and index; The calm before the storm -- Things come apart -- Deaths of despair -- The lives and deaths of the more (and less) educated -- Black and white deaths -- The health of the living -- The misery and mystery of pain -- Suicide, drugs, and alcohol -- Opioids -- False trails : poverty, income, and the Great Recession -- Growing apart at work -- Widening gaps at home -- How American healthcare is undermining lives -- Capitalism, immigrants, robots, and China -- Firms, consumers, and workers -- What to do?
N2  - "This book documents the decline of white-working class lives over the last half-century and examines the social and economic forces that have slowly made these lives more difficult. Case and Deaton argue that market and political power in the United States have moved away from labor towards capital-as unions have weakened and politics have become more favorable to business, corporations have become more powerful. Consolidation in some American industries, healthcare especially, has brought an increase in monopoly power in some product markets so that it is possible for firms to raise prices above what they would be in a freely competitive market. This, the authors argue, is a major cause of wage stagnation among working-class Americans and has played a substantial role in the increase in deaths of despair. Case and Deaton offer a way forward, including ideas that, even in our current political situation, may be feasible and improve lives"--
ER  -