People die due to the lower economic output of a recession. Lower GDP is a sign that we are not solving the world's problems as quickly as we had been previously. There are real negatives to be feared.
Yeah, very true. We would expect a rise in suicidality in white males in USA, for instance, as has already been happening due to hollowed out midwestern economics and ongoing opioid crisis.
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