03720cam a2200577 i 4500 21789240 PUCPR 20260602122718.0 201104t20212020njuab b 001 0 eng d 2020949713 9780691217079 (paperback) 0691217076 (paperback) (OCoLC)on1240438958 GO9 eng GO9 rda YDX OCLCO BDX IH9 OCLCF IL4J6 OCLCO Y8N DLC eng lccopycat n-us--- PUCPR HV6548 .U6 C37 2021 362.28 23 23 362.28 Case, Anne, 1958- author. Deaths of despair and the future of capitalism / Anne Case, Angus Deaton ; with a new preface by the authors. Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 2021. xvi, 312 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier 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? "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"-- Provided by publisher. Suicide Economic aspects United States. Drugs Overdose United States History 21st century. Drug abuse Economic aspects United States. Premature death United States. Public health United States. Life expectancy United States. Capitalism Social aspects United States. Capitalism Social aspects. fast (OCoLC)fst00846453 Drug abuse Economic aspects. fast (OCoLC)fst00898489 Life expectancy. fast (OCoLC)fst00998268 Suicide Economic aspects United States. nli Drug abuse Economic aspects United States. nli Premature death United States. nli Public health United States. nli Life expectancy United States. nli Capitalism Social aspects United States. nli United States Social conditions 21st century Deaton, Angus, author. 6 ddc 23 362.28 303159 303159 0 0 ddc 0 0 10 10 1 2024-11-13 51 12.05 0 362.28 C3371d 2020 80000002616509 2024-11-13 00:00:00 12.05 2024-11-13 6 0 0 lcc 0 0 12 12 20 2026-06-02 Donativo Dr. Leandro Colon 10.00 0 HV6548 .U6 C37 2021 50000003296836 2026-06-02 12:28:29 c. 1 2026-06-02 6