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  • The Body Economic

    Why Austerity Kills

    by David Stuckler, Sanjay Basu ...
    Politicians have talked endlessly about the seismic economic and social impacts of the recent financial crisis, but many continue to ignore its disastrous effects on human health—and have even exacerbated them, by adopting harsh austerity measures and cutting key social programs at a time when constituents need them most. The result, as pioneering public health experts David Stuckler and Sanjay ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Sick Societies

    Responding to the global challenge of chronic disease

    Edited by David Stuckler, Karen Siegel ...
    Chronic diseases-heart disease, diabetes, lung disease, and common cancers-claim more than one out of every two lives worldwide. Within the next few decades their toll will rise, most greatly in developing countries. Yet this rapid growth of chronic diseases is not being met with a proportionate global response. Left unaddressed, they pose a major threat to social and economic development. This ... Read more

    $59.39 USD

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    The Body Economic

    Why Austerity Kills

    by Sanjay Basu, David Stuckler ...
    Narrated by Tim Andres Pabon ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 41 min

    Politicians have talked endlessly about the seismic economic and social impacts of the recent financial crisis, but many continue to ignore its disastrous effects on human health—and have even exacerbated them, by adopting harsh austerity measures and cutting key social programs at a time when constituents need them most. The result, as pioneering public health experts David Stuckler and Sanjay ... Read more

    $27.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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