Forskningsrapport: Greklands sparåtgärder orsakade över 500 manliga självmord

En ny undersökning angående orsakerna till de enormt många självmorden som sker inom EU och Grekland, avslöjar att myndigheternas & bankirernas sparåtgärder och politik ligger bakom "självmordsepidemin"...
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Tiggande gatubarn i Grekland.

Greek austerity has caused more than 500 male suicides – report

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RT 2014-04-21
Spending cuts in Greece have caused some 500 male suicides since their implementation, according to a new study. The research found a positive correlation between austerity and suicide rates after other possible links proved to be unrelated.

The 30-page study, titled 'The Impact of Fiscal Austerity on Suicide: On the Empirics of a Modern Greek Tragedy' and published in the Social Science and Medicine journal was authored by Nikolaos Antonakakis and Alan Collins from Portsmouth University.

“- Suicide rates in Greece (and other European countries) have been on a remarkable upward trend following the global recession of 2008 and the European sovereign debt crisis of 2009,” states the study’s abstract.

Each 1 percent decrease in government spending resulted in a 0.43 percent rise in suicides among men, according to the study. Between 2009 and 2010, there were 551 deaths which occurred “solely because of fiscal austerity,” it stated.[...]

http://rt.com/news/greece-austerity-male-suicides-868/
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Forskningsrapport: Greklands sparåtgärder orsakade över 500 manliga självmord