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5-Part Series on Generational Trauma and its Impact on Milwaukee's Economy and More

Michelle Sieg ·
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel economics writer John Schmid spent a year exploring the real reasons for Milwaukee's stalled economy - and it's not just poverty and unemployment. It has a lot to do with generational trauma.
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Re: 5-Part Series on Generational Trauma and its Impact on Milwaukee's Economy and More

Leckey Harrison ·
I did a cursory look at the costs a while back, based on a quote in Bessel van der Kolk's book, that was from co-founder of the ACE test, Dr. Anda. He referenced how much we could reduce certain things like alcoholism, and depression, and domestic violence and so on, so I just asked Google the cost of those things to society in a years time. I took only three, and the results were over a trillion dollars in 5 years. In 2014 the CDC put the cost of "excessive drinking" alone at $235b. That...
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