| Hans-Günter Meyer-Thompson | International
USA. The Cost of the Opioid Crisis - Trump says he wants an economic revival. He could start by tackling an epidemic.
In September, 2016, Donald Trump delivered a speech at the Economic Club of New York. “Today, I’m going to outline a plan for American economic revival,” he said. “It is a bold, ambitious, forward-looking plan to massively increase jobs, wages, incomes, and opportunities for the people of our country.” He went on to talk about lowering taxes and removing regulations, renegotiating trade deals and building a border wall. But he overlooked one of the most pressing issues facing the American economy today: the opioid crisis. (The New Yorker, 18.09.2017)
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/09/18/the-cost-of-the-opioid-crisis