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In a conversion with luigi zingales, nobel laureate economist angus deaton argues that deaths of despair are not affected by the business cycle, as they rose before, during, and after the 2008 global financial crisis. Eisenhower professor of economics and international affairs emeritus at the woodrow wilson school of public and international affairs and the economics department at princeton university. Angus deaton with his wife, anne case, right, last month after he won the 2015 nobel memorial prize in economic science. Sir angus stewart deaton fba is a britishamerican economist and academic. In the great escape, nobel prizewinning economist angus deatonone of the foremost experts on economic development and on povertytells the remarkable story of how, beginning 250 years ago, some parts of the world experienced sustained progress, opening up gaps and setting the stage for todays disproportionately unequal world. Why angus deaton deserved the economics nobel prize the. Popular nobel laureates books meet your next favorite book. Published on behalf of the nobel foundation by science history publicationsusa, division watson publishing international llc, sagamore beach, 2016. Deaths of despair and the future of capitalism princeton. This classic text has introduced generations of students to the economic theory of consumer behaviour. Playerfm podcast may 2019 nobel autobiography february 2016, text only this autobiography also appears, together with related photos, on the nobel prize website. The improvements in life expectancy are so impressive that princeton economist and nobel laureate angus deaton dedicated a whole book, the great escape, to how it happened.
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