1 The Calm before the Storm

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface to the Paper back ix
4. Preface xv
5. Introduction: Death in the afternoon 1
6. Part I. Past as Prologue
7. 1 The Calm before the Storm 19
8. 2 Things Come Apart 28
9. 3 Deaths of Despair 37
10. Part II. The Anatomy of the Battlefield
11. 4 The Lives and Deaths of the More (and Less) Educated 49
12. 5 Black and White Deaths 62
13. 6 The Health of the Living 71
14. 7 The Misery and Mystery of Pain 83
15. 8 Suicide, Drugs, and Alcohol 94
16. 9 Opioids 109
17. Part III. What’s the Economy Got to Do with It?
18. 10 False Trails: Poverty, Income, and the Great Recession 133
19. 11 Growing Apart at Work 148
20. 12 Widening Gaps at Home 167
21. Part IV. Why Is Capitalism Failing So Many?
22. 13 How American Healthcare Is Undermining Lives 191
23. 14 Capitalism, Immigrants, Robots, and China 212
24. 15 Firms, Consumers, and Workers 226
25. 16 What to Do? 245
26. Acknowledgments 263
27. Notes 265
28. Index 293