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> What's the worst that can happen? It's all just numbers on papers or memory.

Pardon my French, numbers on paper my ass.

Economic uncertainty leads to people killing themselves. Suicide rates go up during recessions and depressions.

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2022.9070...

> In general, economic crisis, unemployment rate and other macroeconomic measures are associated with increased risk of suicidal behavior at the aggregated level.



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