The body economic
Subtitle: why austerity kills : recessions, budget battles, and the politics of life and death
By: David Stuckler, Sanjay Basu
Contributors: Basu, Sanjay, author
Publisher: Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 216
ISBN-13: 9780465063987
Subjects: Sociological aspects; World health; Financial crises; Social aspects; Public health; Economics; Social justice
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-204) and index.
Table of contents: title: Part I.; title: History.; title: Tempering the Great Depression --; title: The post-communist mortality crisis --; title: From miracle to mirage -- -- Part II.; title: The great recession.; title: God bless Iceland --; title: Greek tragedy -- -- Part III.; title: Resilience.; title: To care or not to care --; title: Returning to work --; title: A plague on all your houses --; title: Conclusion: healing the body economic.