*THIRSTER SEMINAR - WHITE MORTALITY - PETER MILLER JULY 20th
2017
Dear Thirsters in Residence:
On Thursday July 20th, Thirster Peter Miller will lead a seminar on
Increasing White Mortality from "Diseases of Despair",
1998 - 2017.
In 2015, Case and Deaton (see link below) noted in US data that
mortality
among US non-Hispanic whites from drug and alcohol overdoses,
suicides, and
alcohol-related liver disease, rose strikingly, particularly for
those in
middle age with not more than high school education.
Meanwhile, mortality
from blacks and Hispanics continued their historic fall, as did
mortality in
Europe. This finding drew a great deal of commentary.
Recently Case and
Deaton presented an expanded version of this paper to a Brookings
Institution conference, showing that (a) this finding is remarkably
consistent by gender, region, residence, etc., and (b) this
mortality from
"diseases of despair" is sufficient to cause an increase
in white mortality
generally. This finding does not seem to be attributable to
concomitant
patterns of income distribution. While the reason is not
clear, they
suggest a direction to look for a clearer answer. It
seems likely that
issues of employment, income, culture, religion, politics, and other
factors
are probably relevant to the discussion. In this seminar, I'd
like to
discuss possible factors involved, and implications for policy and
future
directions.
TO PARTICIPATE IN THE SEMINAR: Please read the excerpts from
Case and
Deaton's latest paper that is available for download using the
Dropbox link
below (and the whole paper, if you have time). If you can't
get to it,
you're obviously welcome to attend, but I'd like to limit the first
45
minutes or so of the Seminar to those who've read the paper.
After that,
we'll open the discussion to those who haven't done the
reading. I look
forward to seeing you.
Link to the Case and Deaton info:
UPCOMING PRESENTATIONS AND DISCUSSION TOPICS:
July 27th - Update on the
Afghan Agony - Zaher Wahab
THIRSTER MEETING LOCATION: MCMENAMINS BROADWAY PUB, 1504 NE
BROADWAY (AT NE
15TH AVE), PORTLAND, OR 97232.
related to culture.
John Dougherty
Co-Coordinator
Semper Sitiens
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