Why ‘Deaths of Despair’ May Be a Warning Sign for America | Moving Upstream

Does a decades-long rise in suicide among white Americans signal an emerging crisis for U.S. capitalism and democracy? Nobel prize-winning economist Angus Deaton, and his wife, fellow Princeton...

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(ragtime music)- [Host] America has always prided itselfon being the land of opportunity.That image, for many people, is fading.Nobel-prize-winning economist Angus Deatonand his wife, fellow Princeton professor Anne Case,say that, for the majority, the realityof the American dream is disappearing.- I do worry about a world in which the richget to write the rules, which the rest of usthen have to obey.- [Host Voiceover] In this episode of Moving Upstream,I head to Princeton to find out what's ledthese provocative thinkers to ring the alarm bells.- This 250-year experiment we've had with democracycould be coming to an end.- Might be on the edge of a precipice.(string music)- [Host] Professors Deaton and Case areon a mission to solve a mystery:what&...