Stock Market Suicides: Update
Will a rash of copycat suicides occur because of graphic wall-to-wall media coverage of future "celebrity suicides" linked to stock market collapses? Reporter Kyle Martin surveyed this blog, The Copycat Effect, and interviewed me for Sunday's article in Hernando Today , a publication of The Tampa Tribune to attempt to answer this question. Link Is Shaky Between Suicide And Economy by Kyle Martin Hernando Today November 23, 2008 It's the kind of water cooler theory that has just enough credibility to sound plausible. As the economy continues to post record losses, it's generally accepted that more people will commit suicide as their 401ks evaporate and unemployment rises. After all, brokers jumped from windows during the market crash of 1929, right? Well, yes and no. Like many rumors, it's necessary to sift through the fiction to find the nuggets of truth that are often the genesis of these stories. First, take a look at the numbers. Records from the medical ...