Angus Deaton

ANGUS DEATON, THE 2015 NOBEL LAUREATE IN ECONOMICS, IS PROFESSOR EMERITUS OF ECONOMICS AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS AT THE PRINCETON SCHOOL OF PUBLIC AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS AND PRESIDENTIAL PROFESSOR OF ECONOMICS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. HE IS THE CO-AUTHOR, WITH ANNE CASE, OF DEATHS OF DESPAIR AND THE FUTURE OF CAPITALISM (PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS, 2020).

Voting booths are pictured inside the Dona Ana County Government Centre during early voting for the upcoming midterm elections in Las Cruces, New Mexico, US, October 24, 2022.
THE BROAD VIEW

Who broke American democracy?

For too long in the US, the political systems have catered to the interests of elites at the expense of those without...