death of despair
nounEtymology
Popularized by the economists Anne Case and Angus Deaton in the context of their analysis of US capitalism.
Definitions
Death resulting from a disease of despair.
- Income equality often features in popular discussion of deaths of despair and American ill health more generally.
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA