In a 2024 report titled The Burnout Economy: Poverty and Mental Health, UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights Olivier De Schutter highlights a problem that is often ignored: our capitalist societies, obsessed with economic growth, are facing a global mental health crisis. This crisis disproportionately impacts the most disadvantaged, revealing the flaws of an economic model that prioritises financial metrics over human well-being. What are the harmful effects of the (…)