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003			OCoLC
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008			190909s2020 nju b 001 0 eng
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020			_a9780691190785
035			_a(OCoLC)1119532490
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050	0	0	_aHV6548 .U6 _bC37 2020
099			_a362.28 _aC
100	1		_aCase, Anne, _d1958-
245	1	0	_aDeaths of despair and the future of capitalism / _cAnne Case, Angus Deaton.
264		1	_aPrinceton : _bPrinceton University Press, _c[2020]
300			_a1 volume : _billustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) ; _c24 cm.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent.
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia.
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aThe 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 condition 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?
520			_a"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"-- _cProvided by publisher.
650		0	_aPremature death _zUnited States.
650		0	_aPublic health _zUnited States.
650		0	_aLife expectancy _zUnited States.
650		0	_aCapitalism _xSocial aspects _zUnited States.
651		0	_aUnited States _xSocial conditions _y21st century.
700	1		_aDeaton, Angus,
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