ANNE CASE / DEATON, ANGUS
u003cpu003eu003cbu003eA u003ciu003eNew York Timesu003c/iu003e Bestselleru003cbru003eA u003ciu003eWall Street Journalu003c/iu003e Bestselleru003cbru003eA u003ciu003eNew York Times u003c/iu003eNotable Book of 2020u003cbru003eA u003ciu003eNew York Times Book Reviewu003c/iu003e Editors' Choiceu003cbru003eShortlisted for the Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Yearu003cbru003eA u003ciu003eNew Statesmanu003c/iu003e Book to Readu003c/bu003eu003cbru003eu003cbru003eu003cbu003eFrom economist Anne Case and Nobel Prize winner Angus Deaton, a groundbreaking account of how the flaws in capitalism are fatal for America's working classu003c/bu003eu003cbru003eu003cbru003eLife expectancy in the United States has recently fallen for three years in a rowa reversal not seen since 1918 or in any other wealthy nation in modern times. In the past two decades, deaths of despair from suicide, drug overdose, and alcoholism have risen dramatically, and now claim hundreds of thousands of American lives each yearand they're still rising. Anne Case and Angus Deaton, known for first sounding the alarm about deaths of despair, explain the overwhelming surge in these deaths and shed light on the social and economic forces that are making life harder for the working class. They demonstrate why, for those who used to prosper in America, capitalism is no longer delivering.u003cbru003eu003cbru003eu003ciu003eDeaths of Despair and the Future of Capitalismu003c/iu003e paints a troubling portrait of the American dream in decline. For the white working class, today's America has become a land of broken families and few prospects. As the college educated become healthier and wealthier, adults without a degree are literally dying from pain and despair. In this critically important book, Case and Deaton tie the crisis to the weakening position of labor, the growing power of corporations, and, above all, to a rapacious health-care sector that redistributes working-class wages into the pockets of the wealthy. Capitalism, which over two centuries lifted countless people out of poverty, is now destroying the lives of blue-collar America.u003cbru003eu003cbru003eThis book charts a way forward, providing solutions that can rein in capitalisms excesses and make it work for everyone.u003c/pu003e
