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Deaths of despair / Effective altruism (Angus Deaton)

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Deaths of Disdain - Is There a Recession?

CNN's John Sutter talks about the causes of death of despair. He says wages have been stagnating, and people are losing their jobs. This is what's driving them to drink and to drugs, he says. But in your book, you kind of explicitly say this is not what you see as the main culprit for deaths of despair.Sutter: There's really something else going on, which is very important.

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