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Deaths of Despair and the Future of Capitalism | LSE Online Event

Written By LSE on Thursday, Oct 01, 2020 | 10:15 AM

 
As the university educated become healthier and wealthier in today's America, adults without a degree are literally dying from pain and despair. The crisis is tied to the weakening position of labour, the growing power of corporations, and, above all, to a greedy health-care sector that redistributes working-class wages into the pockets of the wealthy. #LSECOVID19 🟡 This event is part of our Shaping the Post-COVID World initiative: #LSECOVID19 🔴 This event was streamed live on Facebook on Wednesday 30 September 2020: https://www.facebook.com/lseps/live 🔴 Find out about more of our upcoming events: http://www.lse.ac.uk/Events Speakers: 🔴 Professor Anne Case 🔴 Professor Sir Angus Deaton Chair: 🔴 Professor Peter Trubowitz ℹ️ More info: https://www.lse.ac.uk/Events/2020/09/202009301600/capitalism