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Deaths of Despair and the Future of Capitalism

DEATHS OF DESPAIR AND THE FUTURE OF CAPITALISM

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<P>This title from an economist and a Nobel Prize winner is a groundbreaking account of how the flaws in capitalism are fatal for America's working class. Deaths of despair from suicide, drug overdose, and alcoholism are rising dramatically in the United States, claiming hundreds of thousands of American lives. The authors explain the overwhelming surge in these deaths and shed light on the social and economic forces that are making life harder for the working class. As the college educated become healthier and wealthier, adults without a degree are literally dying from pain and despair. The authors tie the crisis to the weakening position of labor, the growing power of corporations, and a rapacious health-care sector that redistributes working-class wages into the pockets of the wealthy. This critically important book paints a troubling portrait of the American dream in decline, and provides solutions that can rein in capitalism's excesses and make it work for everyone.</P>

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Front Cover.
More praise for Deaths of Despair and the Future of Capitalism.
Half Title Page.
Title Page.
Copyright Page.
Dedication.
Contents.
Preface to the Paperback.
Preface.
Other Frontmatter.
Introduction: Death in the Afternoon.
1: Past as Prologue.
2: The Calm before the Storm.
3: Things Come Apart.
4: Deaths of Despair.
5: The Anatomy of the Battlefield.
6: The Lives and Deaths of the More (and Less) Educated.
7: Black and White Deaths.
8: The Health of the Living.
9: The Misery and Mystery of Pain.
10: Suicide, Drugs, and Alcohol.
11: Opioids.
12: What&#x2019;s the Economy Got to Do with It?.
13: False Trails: Poverty, Income, and the Great Recession.
14: Growing Apart at Work.
15: Widening Gaps at Home.
16: Why Is Capitalism Failing So Many?.
17: How American Healthcare Is Undermining Lives.
18: Capitalism, Immigrants, Robots, and China.
19: Firms, Consumers, and Workers.
20: What to Do?.
Acknowledgments.
Notes.
Index.

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