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It cuts both ways though. Mortality rates from unemployment are no joke.
by cbsmith 7y ago
It cuts both ways though. Mortality rates from unemployment are no joke.
- cycrutchfield 7y agoPlease cite your sources. I'm not sure that historical analysis of the data supports your opinion. For instance: https://www.pnas.org/content/106/41/17290 https://www.pnas.org/content/106/41/17290
- cultus 7y agoThat's so plainly a much, much smaller cause of death. I'd encourage you to examine evidence more in the future. Besides, mortality rates actually tend to decline during recessions. While the causes of this are still debated, it has been observed for a century [0]. Besides, as I was saying, we don't have a choice between deaths and collapse. You get collapse and fewer deaths or collapse and more deaths. We are choosing the former. [0] https://fortune.com/2019/01/25/economic-downturn-mortality-rates/ https://fortune.com/2019/01/25/economic-downturn-mortality-r...