Anne Case and Angus Deaton: The United States of despair and death

Covid-19 and the rising mortality rates among working-class whites and African-Americans mean the decline in US life expectancy will continue, write Anne Case and Angus Deaton

Medical personnel transport a body from a refrigerated container at Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center, Wednesday, April 8, 2020, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. Picture: AP Photo/Mary Altaffer