The Wages of Neoliberalism
Poverty, Exile and Early Death

http://www.counterpunch.org/2016/06/07/the-wages-of-neoliberalism-poverty-exile-and-early-death/
Date Written:  2016-06-07
Publisher:  CounterPunch
Year Published:  2016
Resource Type:  Article
Cx Number:  CX19538

Economist Michael Hudson says neoliberal policy will pressure U.S. citizens to emigrate, just as it caused millions to leave Russia, the Baltic States, and now Greece in search of a better life. A research team from Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health in New York estimates 875,000 deaths in the United States in year 2000 could be attributed to social factors related to poverty and income inequality.

Subject Headings

• Mortality Rates
• Neo-Liberalism