Why are people in the USA living shorter lives?

While most of the world’s population can look forward to living longer, white people in the United States without a college degree are living shorter lives due to an epidemic of drug abuse and alcoholism.

Nobel Prize-winning economist Sir Angus Deaton says these "deaths of despair" are driven by inequality.

Producer Ian Rose; Film editor: Rob Miller

Co-production between Nobel Media AB and the BBC

23 February 2022