2019 Tanner Lecture by Anne Case: 'Deaths of Despair'

Princeton economist Anne Case presents demographic trends showing what she and fellow Princeton economist Angus Deaton have termed "deaths of despair." Case’s presentation begins at 7:54. Starting at 42:44 in the video, Lisa Berkman, director of Harvard's Center for Population and Development Studies, presented a response following Case's lecture. Q&A begins at 1:05:27 .
The April 10, 2019, presentation was introduced by Stanford University President Marc Tessier-Lavigne, whose office co-sponsored the event with the McCoy Family Center for Ethics in Society, as part of the Tanner Lectures on Human Values. The format for this annual event at Stanford consists of two public lectures and a discussion seminar where all are invited to share their thoughts or reactions.
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