Inequality

Income inequality

Divided by Degrees: Angus Deaton on how More Americans Without B.A.’s are Dying of Despair

ANGUS DEATON

July 30, 2020

Nobel laureate, Angus Deaton says middle-aged Americans without a bachelor's degree face grimmer prospects and are more likely to die of despair. (Dominick Reuter/Reuters/Newscom)

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