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Harold Horstmann,Dear Editor: I call your attention to an Oct. 4 breitbart.com article by Neil Munro: "NY Times: 'Life in America Is Staggeringly Shorter.'"
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Deaton argues that economists are not as influential when it comes to policy as is sometimes alleged, but neither are they powerless. He recommends that economists reject a narrow focus on money as a measure of individual well-being.
Life expectancy in the US for those with and without a college degree has continued to widen over three decades.
Too many Americans, in almost all groups, are dying.