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DESCRIPTION:Please register for this Zoom event at http://bit.ly/DeathsOfDe
 spairEvent\n\nFrom economist Anne Case and Nobel Prize winner Angus Deaton\
 , a groundbreaking account of how the flaws in capitalism are fatal for Ame
 rica's working class.  Today’s pandemic has further exacerbated these death
 s of despair as those without a college degree are less likely to be able t
 o continue their work remotely\, and those who are able to continue to work
  typically fill essential jobs that put them at great risk of COVID-19 infe
 ction.\n\nSpeakers:\n\nAnne Case is the Alexander Stewart 1886 Professor of
  Economics and Public Affairs\, Emeritus at Princeton University\, where sh
 e is the Director of the Research Program in Development Studies.\n\nAngus 
 Deaton is the Dwight D Eisenhower Professor of International Affairs\, Emer
 itus\, and a Professor of economics and international affairs\, Emeritus\, 
 at the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs.\n\nDeaths of D
 espair and the Future of Capitalism is a New York Times Bestseller\, Wall S
 treet Journal Bestseller\, New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice and w
 as Longlisted for the Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Yea
 r.\n\nPurchase the book HERE and use the code MIT-FG for 30% off and free s
 hipping (until 11/15/20).\n\n \n\n \n\n\n\nCo-sponsors:  MIT Center for Int
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 e information or accessibility accommodations please contact starrforum@mit
 .edu.\n\nSign up for Starr Forum emails to get notified about upcoming even
 ts.\n\nA full listing of Starr Forums is available here.
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