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A review by bub_9
Deaths of Despair and the Future of Capitalism by Angus Deaton, Anne Case
4.0
This is a really magnificent work about what is a true crisis. Everyone should read this, and also this brilliant review: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/03/23/why-americans-are-dying-from-despair
However, I do wonder if it is a bit too slanted towards healthcare? It sometimes seeks to draw all the failings of Anglo-American capitalism back to dysfunctional healthcare, and I do wonder if that's necessarily correct.
However, I do wonder if it is a bit too slanted towards healthcare? It sometimes seeks to draw all the failings of Anglo-American capitalism back to dysfunctional healthcare, and I do wonder if that's necessarily correct.