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02700aam a2200349 i 4500 001 60D29118992D11EC82317EFE47ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20220301010056 008 210304t20212020njuab b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 0691217076 020 $a 9780691217079 035 $a (OCoLC)1240438958 040 $d SILO 100 1 $a Case, Anne $d 1958- $e author 245 10 $a Deaths of despair and the future of capitalism $c Anne Case, Angus Deaton ; with a new preface by the authors $h [book] 264 1 $a Princeton $b Princeton University Press $c 2021 300 $a 312p $b softbound 505 0 $a 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? 520 $a 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. 650 0 $a Suicide $x Economic aspects $z United States 650 0 $a Drug abuse $z United States $x History $y 21st century 650 0 $a Drug abuse $x Economic aspects $z United States 650 0 $a Death $z United States 650 0 $a Public health $z United States 650 0 $a Life expectancy $z United States 650 0 $a Capitalism $x Social aspects $z United States 651 0 $a United States $x Social conditions $y 21st century 700 1 $a Deaton, Angus $e author 941 $a 2 952 $l XXPH787 $d 20230913010440.0 952 $l VCPD034 $d 20220301011144.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=60D29118992D11EC82317EFE47ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search