In dem Buch "The Body Economic – Why Austerity Kills" untersuchen zwei Public Health-Wissenschaftler die Auswirkungen von Sparprogrammen im Rahmen der
Austeritätspolitik auf die Gesundheit.
Das Buch ist jetzt in deutscher Übersetzung erschienen:
David Stuckler, Sanjay Basu: "Sparprogramme töten – Die Ökonomisierung der Gesundheit"
Buchsprechung im Deutschlandfunk: Gesund leben fördert das Wachstum"
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In their new book, "The Body Economic: Why Austerity Kills," economist
David Stuckler and physician Sanjay Basu examine the health impacts of
austerity across the globe. The authors estimate there have been more
than 10,000 additional suicides and up to a million extra cases of
depression across Europe and the United States since governments started
introducing austerity programs in the aftermath of the economic crisis.
For example, in Greece, where spending on public health has been
slashed by 40 percent,
HIV rates have jumped
200 percent, and the country has seen its first malaria outbreak since
the 1970s. An economist and public health specialist, Stuckler is a
senior research leader at Oxford University. Dr. Basu is a physician and
epidemiologist who teaches at Stanford University. "Had austerity been
organized like a clinical trial, it would’ve been discontinued given
evidence of its deadly side effects," Stuckler says. "There is an
alternative choice that we found in the historical data and through the
present recessions: When we place people and their health at the center
of economic recovery, it can help get our economy back on track faster
and yield lasting dividends to our society."
