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From the August / September 2019 issue
Speed Data: falling life expectancy—an American tragedy
The main immediate cause is "deaths of despair." Will the trend one day cross the Atlantic?
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Angus Deaton and Anne Case
July 18, 2019
Anne Case and Angus Deaton’s next book is “Deaths of Despair and the Future of American Capitalism” (Princeton). Deaton discussed the research at a Prospect/British Academy event in June
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