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Study: Great Recession Led To Fewer Deaths

By Shankar Vedantam
Published January 9, 2018 at 4:06 AM CST
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Corrected: January 15, 2018 at 11:00 PM CST
A previous headline incorrectly said that the Great Recession led to fewer deaths among the unemployed. In fact, the decline in mortality is not limited to the unemployed.
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Shankar Vedantam
Shankar Vedantam is the host and creator of Hidden Brain. The Hidden Brain podcast receives more than three million downloads per week. The Hidden Brain radio show is distributed by NPR and featured on nearly 400 public radio stations around the United States.
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