Unemployment does increase death rates measurably
by IWB
by urban planner
Urban planning is a social science. Social scientists have been studying the effects of unemployment for decades. The stat I quoted came first from studies in the 80s but other studies since and around the world confirm these figures more or less. Google or DuckDuckGo unemployment mortality rates, wade through the current tsunami of covid coverage and lots of info shows up below the distractions. The Robert Kennedy Jr interview referenced all over the posts here also mentions these figures. I think he quotes 37k dead for every percentage point rise in unemployment. Then he references a real unemployment rate of (I think) 35%. Official stats right now are closer to 20%, but maybe he’s future casting or counting underemployed, gig workers who are ineligible, etc. Either way, the math utterly dwarfs Covid.
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Urban planning is a social science. Social scientists have been studying the effects of unemployment for decades. The stat I quoted came first from studies in the 80s but other studies since and around the world confirm these figures more or less. Google or DuckDuckGo unemployment mortality rates, wade through the current tsunami of covid coverage and lots of info shows up below the distractions. The Robert Kennedy Jr interview referenced all over the posts here also mentions these figures. I think he quotes 37k dead for every percentage point rise in unemployment. Then he references a real unemployment rate of (I think) 35%. Official stats right now are closer to 20%, but maybe he’s future casting or counting underemployed, gig workers who are ineligible, etc. Either way, the math utterly dwarfs Covid.
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