The Politics of COVID-19, Readings #15
The most important contributions on the political, economic, and social effects of the unfolding crisis.
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Public Health
Experts Race to Set Rules For Deciding Who Lives and Who Dies
Jyoti Madhusoodanan | Undark
The world rediscovers Cuban medical internationalism
Helen Yaffe | Le Monde diplomatique
Jérôme Le Goff «En confinement, le bénéfice d’un dépistage massif n’est pas démontré» [French]
Christian Losson | Libération
International
No farewells, no ceremonies': China's Hubei cremates coronavirus dead
Brenda Goh | Reuters
India’s shift to insurance-led private healthcare weakens its ability to combat COVID-19: Experts
Tushar Dhara | The Caravan
Context
Coronavirus and Its Costs
Philip Alcabes | The American Scholar
How Epidemics Change Civilizations
Jason Willick | The Wall Street Journal
The End of New York
Joel Kotkin | New Geography
Future
The world after corona
Branko Milanovic | Global Inequality
What will the world be like after coronavirus? Four possible futures
Simon Mair | The Conversation
Public Sphere
UK gallery curator calls for public art project in response to Covid-19
Lanre Bakare | The Guardian
I pericoli dell’infodemia. La comunicazione ai tempi del coronavirus [Italian]
Nicola Grandi, Alex Piovan | MicroMega
Economic Policy
Unsanitized: A Crisis to End All Crises
Mehrsa Baradaran | The American Prospect
Factbox: Global economic policy response to coronavirus crisis
Alexander Smith | Reuters
Does coronavirus herald capital controls?
James Rickards | Financial Times
Short-time work: A vital tool in Germany's economic armory against coronavirus
Arthur Sullivan | DW
Tech
Nationalize Amazon
Paris Marx | Jacobin
La crisis del Covid-19 que nadie previó: el 'e-commerce' colapsa al enviar sus pedidos [Spanish]
Carlos Otto | El Confidencial
Il coronavirus rallenta “internet”? Una questione di sovranità digitale europea [Italian]
Vittorio Bertola | Agenda Digitale
The People vs 4G internet and other corona stories from Kenya
Wangui Kimari | Africa Is A Country
“Amazon Is a Breeding Ground”
Meagan Day | Jacobin
Symbole des travers de la nouvelle économie, WeWork joue gros dans la crise du coronavirus [French]
Vincent Fagot | Le Monde
Academic
Compliance with COVID-19 Social-Distancing Measures in Italy: The Role of Expectations and Duration
Guglielmo Briscese et al. | NBER
No time for dilemma: mass gatherings must be suspended
Ziad A Memish et al. | The Lancet
Anthropocene
‘We’re the virus’: The pandemic is bringing out environmentalism’s dark side
Sierra Garcia | Grist
Derrière l'épidémie, la crise écologique [French]
Antoine De Ravignan | Alternatives Economiques
Capitalism
Coronavirus beyond Coronavirus: thresholds, biopolitics and emergencies
Emiliano Terán Mantovani | Undisciplines Environments
Pandemia y capital en el Sur global [Spanish]
María José Olivera Mazzini | Brecha
«La crise du coronavirus montre que le régime économique et social actuel est mortifère» [French]
Pierre Khalfa | Le Monde
Social Toll
Coronavirus and housing: A mortgage crisis is brewing
Jeff Andrews | Curbed
The politics of Covid-19: Time to requisition empty homes
Adam Peggs | Red Pepper Magazine
Covid-19 and the Displaced: Addressing the Threat of the Novel Coronavirus in Humanitarian Emergencies
Anonymous | Refugees International
Class & Labour
Pandemic is time to recognise gig economy workers' rights
Leila Chaibi | EUObserver
Domestic workers fear retrenchments amid Covid-19
Musawenkosi Cabe | New Frame
Democracy
Germany: is the COVID-19 pandemic weakening the far right?
Sabine Volk | openDemocracy
American Racism in the Time of Plagues
Andrew Lanham | Boston Review
The Coronavirus Will Test Whether We've Learned Anything From 9/11
Elie Mystal | The Nation