A socially patterned epidemic of deaths of despair is a signal feature of American society in
the twenty-first century, involving rising mortality from substance use disorders and self-harm …

The world is currently in the midst of the greatest demographic upheaval in human history.
Dramatic reductions in mortality, followed (but with a lag) by equally marked reductions in …

A penetrating look into the extreme plutocracy Vladimir Putin has created and its
implications for Russia's future This insightful study explores how the economic system …

Objective: Much debate remains regarding why certain countries experience dramatically
higher winter mortality. Potential causative factors other than cold exposure have rarely …

" Anders Åslund is known for making bold predictions, which initially arouse controversy but
become common wisdom a few years later. He foresaw the collapse of the Soviet Union in …

One of Europe's old nations steeped in history, Ukraine is today an undisputed independent
state. It is a democracy and has transformed into a market economy with predominant …

Anders Åslund, known to repeatedly challenge conventional wisdom on “transition
economies,” is a leading specialist on postcommunist economic transformation with more …

The first fully comparative study of fuel poverty across the EU, this work analyses the
relationship between domestic energy efficiency, fuel poverty and health. The book adopts a …

The effect of macroeconomic crises on child health is a topic of great policy importance. This
article analyzes the impact of a profound crisis in Peru on infant mortality. It finds an increase …

Using cross-country regressions, we examine the relationship between “point-source”
resource abundance and economic growth, quality of institutions, investment in human and …