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Imagine two worlds:
1. The current/actual state of the world: far too many people commit suicide every year.
2. A counterfactual state of the world in which spending $10 billion on mental health services prevents 6,000 suicides in the UK.
A $50 billion welfare loss has been averted in (counterfactual) world 2, relative to (actual) world 1.
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Imagine two worlds:
1. The current/actual state of the world: far too many people commit suicide every year.
2. A counterfactual state of the world in which spending $10 billion on mental health services prevents 6,000 suicides in the UK.
A $50 billion welfare loss has been averted in (counterfactual) world 2, relative to (actual) world 1.