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Coronavirus demands social distancing. Will that lead to more deaths of despair? | Q&A

Economists Angus Deaton, winner of the Nobel Prize, and Anne Case on discuss their new book Death of Despair and the Future of Capitalism in the context of the coronavirus pandemic.

Wearing rubber gloves, retired choir director Carleigh Bedell is self-isolating due to concerns about COVID-19 and because she is at higher risk due to underlying health conditions. She peers out her second floor apartment window.
Wearing rubber gloves, retired choir director Carleigh Bedell is self-isolating due to concerns about COVID-19 and because she is at higher risk due to underlying health conditions. She peers out her second floor apartment window.Read moreGreg Gilbert / MCT