Deaths of Despair and the Future of Capitalism

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface to the Paper back -- Preface -- Introduction: Death in the afternoon -- Part I. Past as Prologue -- 1 The Calm before the Storm -- 2 Things Come Apart -- 3 Deaths of Despair -- Part II. The Anatomy of the Battlefield -- 4 The Lives and Deaths of the More (and Less)...
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface to the Paper back -- Preface -- Introduction: Death in the afternoon -- Part I. Past as Prologue -- 1 The Calm before the Storm -- 2 Things Come Apart -- 3 Deaths of Despair -- Part II. The Anatomy of the Battlefield -- 4 The Lives and Deaths of the More (and Less) Educated -- 5 Black and White Deaths -- 6 The Health of the Living -- 7 The Misery and Mystery of Pain -- 8 Suicide, Drugs, and Alcohol -- 9 Opioids -- Part III. What’s the Economy Got to Do with It? -- 10 False Trails: Poverty, Income, and the Great Recession -- 11 Growing Apart at Work -- 12 Widening Gaps at Home -- Part IV. Why Is Capitalism Failing So Many? -- 13 How American Healthcare Is Undermining Lives -- 14 Capitalism, Immigrants, Robots, and China -- 15 Firms, Consumers, and Workers -- 16 What to Do? -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index Ausführliche Beschreibung