Deaths of Despair and the Future of Capitalism

DEATHS OF DESPAIR AND THE FUTURE OF CAPITALISM by Anne Case and Angus Deaton Princeton University Press,Princeton, New JerseyHardcover: 312 pagesPrice: AUD$47.99 Reviewed by Brian Coman   “Knowledge is of two kinds,” said Dr Johnson. “We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it.” The book under review  – Deaths of Despair and the Future of Capitalism – supplies that second kind of knowledge. It assembles and dissects a vast body of detailed statistics on the mental, physical, economic, and political health of the United States. For that reason, it is not a book…