Why do blue-green Americans die of despair?

A Q&A with economists Ann Case and Angus Deaton about how disappearing low-wage jobs and declining family life have fueled the opioid epidemic – and why politicians still fail in the American working class.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/why-are-blue-collar-americans-dying-of-despair/2021/11/28/4a469f10-5054-11ec-83d2-d9dab0e23b7e_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_business Why do blue-green Americans die of despair?