Tod aus Verzweiflung

Der Untergang der amerikanischen Mittelschicht und das Ende des amerikanischen Traums

Anne Case, Angus Deaton, Petra Pyka

• Verlag: Plassen Verlag
• Jahr: 2022
• ISBN drucken: 9783864707698
• eBook-ISBN: 9783864707704
• Auflage: 1
• Thema: Politics & International Relations
• Thema: Political History & Theory

Der "American Dream" ist im Niedergang begriffen. Für die weiße Arbeiterklasse ist das heutige Amerika zu einem Land der zerrütteten Familien und der mangelnden Perspektiven geworden. Während College-Absolventen immer gesünder und wohlhabender werden, sterben Erwachsene ohne Abschluss immer häufiger an Alkohol, Drogen und Suizid – ein Tod aus Verzweiflung. Die wachsende Macht der Konzerne und ein skrupelloser Gesundheitssektor sind nur zwei der Gründe. Der Kapitalismus, der in zwei Jahrhunderten unzählige Menschen aus der Armut befreite, zerstört nun das Leben der amerikanischen Arbeiter. Die renommierten Ökonomen Anne Case und Angus Deaton legen diese Misere in ihrem Buch schonungslos offen. Drohen auch uns amerikanische Verhältnisse? Die Autoren geben brandaktuelle Antworten.

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Inhaltsverzeichnis

• Cover
• Titel
• Impressum
• Widmung
• INHALT
• Vorwort zur amerikanischen Taschenbuchausgabe
• Vorwort
• Einleitung – Tod am Nachmittag
• Erster Teil: Die Vergangenheit als Vorspiel
• Zweiter Teil: Die Anatomie des Schlachtfelds
• Dritter Teil: Was die Wirtschaft damit zu tun hat
• Vierter Teil: Warum der Kapitalismus so viele im Stich lässt
• Dank
• Endnoten