Econocide: A Silent, Violent Epidemic

tomdispatch.com — An analysis by TomDispatch of national, regional, and local news reports in 2008 and early 2009 indicates that a silent, nationwide epidemic of drastic reactions to the global economic crisis—from armed robberies to pay the rent to financially-motivated suicides—may be underway. News of such acts linked to economic woes has filtered out of cities and towns in no less than 30 states, many of which have seen multiple incidents.

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