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The body economic : why austerity kills : recessions, budget battles, and the politics of life and death / David Stuckler, Sanjay Basu.

By: Stuckler, David [author.].
Contributor(s): Basu, Sanjay [author.].
Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group, [2013]Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-204) and index.Description: xxi, 216 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0465063985 (hardcover); 9780465063987 (hardcover).Subject(s): Public health | World health | Financial crises -- Social aspects | Economics -- Sociological aspects | Social justiceDDC classification: 362.1068/1
Contents:
History. Tempering the Great Depression -- The post-communist mortality crisis -- From miracle to mirage -- The great recession. God bless Iceland -- Greek tragedy -- Resilience. To care or not to care -- Returning to work -- A plague on all your houses -- Conclusion: healing the body economic.
Summary: Two public health researchers prove that the recent economic crises around the world have had calamitous effects on people's health, citing increases in suicide rates, HIV transmissions, and heart disease during times of bad fiscal policy.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-204) and index.

Part I. History. Tempering the Great Depression -- The post-communist mortality crisis -- From miracle to mirage -- Part II. The great recession. God bless Iceland -- Greek tragedy -- Part III. Resilience. To care or not to care -- Returning to work -- A plague on all your houses -- Conclusion: healing the body economic.

Two public health researchers prove that the recent economic crises around the world have had calamitous effects on people's health, citing increases in suicide rates, HIV transmissions, and heart disease during times of bad fiscal policy.

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