American Capitalism’s Poor Prognosis
Jan 13, 2021 sees little chance for reforms to mitigate inequality or repair the country's broken health-care system.
Angus Deaton
Angus Deaton, the 2015 Nobel laureate in economics, is Professor Emeritus of Economics and International Affairs at the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs and Presidential Professor of Economics at the University of Southern California. He is the co-author of Deaths of Despair and the Future of Capitalism (Princeton University Press, 2020).
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American Capitalism’s Poor Prognosis 
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Living and Dying in America in 2021 Living and Dying in America in 2021
Dec 28, 2020 & warn that the pandemic has accelerated trends associated with the epidemic of deaths of despair.
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America’s Compromised State America’s Compromised State
Jul 17, 2020 traces the country's failure to manage the COVID-19 pandemic to the 1787 compromise that created the Senate.
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United States of Despair United States of Despair
Jun 15, 2020 & show that the COVID-19 crisis will exacerbate pre-existing inequalities, but not always how one might expect.
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An Interview with Angus Deaton An Interview with Angus Deaton
Feb 18, 2020 proposes how to address America’s “deaths of despair,” suggests which philosophers every economist should read, and shares what US voters need to know before November’s presidential election.
