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Amidst America’s Changing Politics, Deaths Of Despair Persist

Between 2005 and 2019, an average of 70,000 Americans each year lost their lives to so-called ‘deaths of despair’ – alcoholism, suicide, and drug overdose – with deaths largely concentrated among the working class.

This article was written by Professor Angus Deaton and Lyndsey Jefferson on Chatham House.org.

You can read the rest of the article there.

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