A New Vision for Capitalism, with Anne Case, Angus Deaton and Francine Lacqua
Each year hundreds of thousands of Americans die as a result of drug abuse, alcoholism or suicide \u2013 and the numbers are rising. This has contributed to a fall in life expectancy in the past three years, reversing a trend towards increased life expectancy that began in 1918. In this week's episode we discuss,\xa0Deaths of Despair and the Future of Capitalism, economists\xa0Anne Case\xa0and\xa0Angus Deaton\xa0new book which\xa0has identified a culprit for these \u2018deaths of despair\u2019: capitalism \u2013 or at least some aspects of it. The debate was chaired by Francine Lacqua\xa0television anchor and editor-at-large for Bloomberg Television.\n\n\nTo buy the book click here:\xa0\nhttps://bit.ly/3lIWlGg Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/intelligencesquared.\n \n\xa0See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices