death of despair

noun

Etymology

Popularized by the economists Anne Case and Angus Deaton in the context of their analysis of US capitalism.

Definitions

  1. 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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