Waves of suicides of rich people are comfortable myths to pretend that they share the fate of the poor, whose waves of suicide are always real: The Largest Wave of Suicides in History: Neo-Liberal Terrorism in India (Counterpunch, 12 February 2009)

The number of farmers who have committed suicide in India between 1997 and 2007 now stands at a staggering 182,936. Close to two-thirds of these suicides have occurred in five states (India has 28 states and seven union territories). The Big 5 - Maharashtra, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Chattisgarh- account for just about a third of the country's population but two-thirds of farmers' suicides. The rate at which farmers are killing themselves in these states is far higher than suicide rates among non-farmers. Farm suicides have also been rising in some other states of the country.

guaranteed to evoke a violent reaction from police is to challenge their right to "define the situation." --- David Graeber citing Marc Cooper

On April 22, Paul Krugman wrote in El País: "Last week, The New York Times reported on a phenomenon that seems to increasingly in Europe: the suicides "by the economic crisis" of people who kill themselves desperate because of unemployment and business failures. It was a heartbreaking story".