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The Body Economic : Why Austerity Kills : Recessions, Budget Battles, and the Politics of Life and Death by David Stuckler; Sanjay Basu is a business book available to read on EtoBox.
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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 Basu reveal in this provocative book, is that many countries have turned their recessions into veritab
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It is typically read by working professionals who need an authoritative practice reference.
Common subject areas: medicine, law, business, engineering.
- Author
- David Stuckler; Sanjay Basu
- Publisher
- New York: Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group
- Published
- 2013
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780465063987
- Category
- business
- Subjects
- Economics, Medical, Social Science
- Rating
- 4.16 / 5 (205 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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