HKS Affiliated Authors
Fred and Eleanor Glimp Professor of Economics, FAS
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July 2021, Audio: "Rivaling even the death toll of COVID-19, opioid abuse has wreaked havoc in countless American communities. Some have suggested that these deaths are the result of an economy that left Americans behind and feeling trapped. In their desperation, they reached to oxycontin and fentanyl to cope with the insecurity of a global economy. But is this the full story? My guest today is Ed Glaeser, whose analysis offers a different account."
HKS Author - Edward Glaeser