Deaths of Despair and the Future of Capitalism
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Deaths of Despair and the Future of Capitalism

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Deaths of Despair and the Future of CapitalismNew York Times Bestseller Wall Street Journal Bestseller A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice Longlisted for the Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year From economist Anne Case and Nobel Prize winner Angus Deaton, a groundbreaking account of how the flaws in capitalism are fatal for America's working class Life expectancy in the United States has recently fallen for three years in a row a reversal not seen since 1918 or in any

New York Times Bestseller
Wall Street Journal Bestseller
A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice
Longlisted for the Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year

From economist Anne Case and Nobel Prize winner Angus Deaton, a groundbreaking account of how the flaws in capitalism are fatal for America's working class

Life expectancy in the United States has recently fallen for three years in a row--a reversal not seen since 1918 or in any other wealthy nation in modern times. In the past two decades, deaths of despair from suicide, drug overdose, and alcoholism have risen dramatically, and now claim hundreds of thousands of American lives each year--and they're still rising. Anne Case and Angus Deaton, known for first sounding the alarm about deaths of despair, explain the overwhelming surge in these deaths and shed light on the social and economic forces that are making life harder for the working class. They demonstrate why, for those who used to prosper in America, capitalism is no longer delivering.

Deaths of Despair and the Future of Capitalism paints a troubling portrait of the American dream in decline. For the white working class, today's America has become a land of broken families and few prospects. As the college educated become healthier and wealthier, adults without a degree are literally dying from pain and despair. In this critically important book, Case and Deaton tie the crisis to the weakening position of labor, the growing power of corporations, and, above all, to a rapacious health-care sector that redistributes working-class wages into the pockets of the wealthy. Capitalism, which over two centuries lifted countless people out of poverty, is now destroying the lives of blue-collar America.

This book charts a way forward, providing solutions that can rein in capitalism's excesses and make it work for everyone.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 03/17/2020
ISBN: 9780691190785
Pages: 312
Weight: 1.55lbs
Size: 9.40h x 6.50w x 1.30d
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Beautifully put together book
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I love this book. Pages are thick and not too flimsy. Pictures are beautiful and well arranged on the pages. If you love the game and the characters, you'll love this book. I've learned a lot reading it. I highly recommend. Dark Horse knocked it out of the park with this one.
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love this book despite its flaws (just like the game)
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some of the character and location facts in this book conflict with in-game codex entries. but there are parts of the game that conflict with other parts of the game too LOL so that's not new.
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I've bought every book connected to FFXV that I could find hoping for one that had a lot of focus on the story and characters and they've all been pretty disappointing. This one is exactly what I've always wanted. There are multiple character biographies all through the book, every in-game chapter has a chapter in the book detailing what happened in it with screenshots, lots of pages of concept are that includes art of the characters and not just the monsters like other FFXV books, soundtrack listings, pages about all the DLC, appendices that discuss the gods and a timeline. There are extensive interviews with the staff in the back. There is also a large section on Comrades that talks about upgrading weapons and obtaining sigils if you're wanting that. If you only get one book about FFXV, get this one. This book is a hardcover.
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A Lovely Art Book for those Who Love Pixel Art from RPGs
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Growing up playing NES & SNES games, I love pixel/sprite art. Featuring pixel art from Final Fantasy to Final Fantasy VI, this book has various types of pixel art including sprite sheets of different poses & walk cycles, backgrounds, monsters, and pixels of characters if they were done in 2018. There’s even pixel art from Final Fantasy VII to Final Fantasy XV. My ONLY complaint is that even though the book I got came in plastic wrap, somehow a couple of pages have creases. But since the creases are light, I’m gonna let that slide. All in all, this is a must have for those who love the Final Fantasy games from the NES and/or SNES era or those who love pixel art in general.
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