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cover of episode 38: The Quiet Epidemic That's Killing White Americans in Droves

38: The Quiet Epidemic That's Killing White Americans in Droves

2016/5/18
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Voternomics

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After decades of progress in U.S. mortality rates, scores of white middle-aged Americans are dying or reporting that their health is deteriorating and life is increasingly painful. What does this have to do with the economy, and even the election? More than you might think. To discuss, Tori and Aki talk to Princeton professor Anne Case, whose work with husband Angus Deaton has documented the stunning regression.

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