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Oxfordský vědec David Stuckler a epidemiolog Sanjay Basu ze Stanfordu jsou odborníky na problematiku veřejného zdraví. V Ekonomice života a smrti shromáždili historické i současné údaje pocházející z celého světa – jejich výzkumná cesta začíná ve Spojených státech třicátých let minulého století a končí v Řecku a Španělsku dnešních dnů –, aby ukázali, do jaké hloubky ovlivňuje politika lidské zdraví, jak zásadně mohou politicko-ekonomická opatření realizovaná v obdobích finančních krizí ovlivnit život každého z nás. Politici...

Chronic diseases are the leading causes of death and disability worldwide. Within the next few decades, the burden of chronic disease will more than triple, with the greatest rises occurring in developing countries. However, the rapid growth of chronic diseases is not being met with a proportionate increase in global attention, with global health traditionally focusing on infectious disease and maternal and child health. This book is the first to synthesise the growing evidence-base surrounding the chronic disease, comprehensively addressing the prevention and control of chronic diseases from...

Politicians have talked endlessly about the seismic economic and social impacts of the recent financial crisis, but many continue to ignore its disastrous effects on human healthand have even exacerbated them, by adopting harsh austerity measures and cutting key social programs at a time when constituents need them most. The result, as pioneering public health experts David Stuckler and Sanjay Basu reveal in this provocative book, is that many countries have turned their recessions into veritable epidemics, ruining or extinguishing thousands of lives in a misguided attempt to balance budgets...

The Body Economic is the first, agenda-shaping, look at the human costs of financial crisis - the culmination of ten years' work by two pioneering researchers - Sanjay Basu and David Stuckler. The global financial crisis has had a seismic impact upon the wealth of nations. But we have little sense of how it affects one of the most fundamental issues of all: our physical and mental health. The Body Economic puts forward a radical proposition. Austerity, it argues, is seriously bad for your health. We can prevent financial crises from becoming epidemics, but to do so, we must acknowledge what...