Stronger safety nets and health care reform could help mitigate “deaths of despair” in America Life expectancy in the United States declined for 3 years in a row between 2014 and 2017. This is surprising in a world where we have grown accustomed to rising life expectancy. Anne Case and Angus Deaton's new book, Deaths of Despair, deals with three questions: Who is dying, why are they dying, and what can we do about it?

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扭转中年死亡率上升的趋势

更强大的安全网和医疗改革可能有助于缓解美国的“绝望死亡” 美国的预期寿命在 2014 年至 2017 年间连续三年下降。这在我们已经习惯于预期寿命上升的世界中令人惊讶. 安妮·凯斯和安格斯·迪顿的新书《绝望之死》涉及三个问题：谁在死去，他们为什么死去，我们能做些什么？