https://www.scmp.com/rss/506284/feed Anne Case is Professor Emeritus of Economics and Public Affairs at Princeton University. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Well before Covid-19 struck, there was another rampant epidemic in the United States, killing more Americans in 2018 than the coronavirus so far. What we call “deaths of despair” – by suicide, alcohol-related liver disease and drug overdose – have risen rapidly from about 65,000 in 1995 to 158,000 in 2018. This increase is almost entirely confined to Americans without a four-year college degree; overall mortality rates have fallen for those with a four-year degree. Life expectancy at birth for... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3089154/coronavirus-exposes-inequality-america-and-may-exacerbate-it?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3089154/coronavirus-exposes-inequality-america-and-may-exacerbate-it?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 16 Jun 2020 17:00:06 +0000