The Politics of COVID-19, Readings #36
The most important contributions on the political, economic, and social effects of the unfolding crisis.
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Anthropocene
Addressing the impacts of COVID-19 in food crises
Food and Agriculture Organisation
Without food, there can be no exit from the pandemic
Máximo Torero | Nature
Um alerta global para zoonoses e segurança do alimento [Portuguese]
Marcos Sawaya Jank | O Estado de S. Paulo
Capitalism
A New Age of Destructive Austerity After the Coronavirus
Zoë Hu | The New Republic
Why Naomi Klein is optimistic about America's future as it faces collapse due to the coronavirus
Jonathan Jacobson | Haaretz
The Global South Must Be Freed of Its Debt Servitude
Nicole Aschoff | Jacobin
Future
Society after Pandemic
Alondra Nelson | Items
Is mother nature really a bitch? [German]
Ulrike Simon | MAKROSKOP
Como a solidariedade pode reinventar o mundo [Portuguese]
Roberto E. Zwetsch | Outras Palavras
Academic
Against pandemic research exceptionalism
Alex John London, Jonathan Kimmelman | Science Mag
COVID-19 in Yemen: preparedness measures in a fragile state
Fekri Dureab et al. | The Lancet: Public Health
Socialising tourism for social and ecological justice after COVID-19
Freya Higgins-Desbiolles | Tourism Geographies
Context
Law in the Time of Covid-19 [Podcast]
Katharina Pistor | Bloomberg Law
Urban nature as a source of resilience during social distancing amidst the coronavirus pandemic
Karl Samuelsson et al. | Center for Open Science
COVID-19 and the unsettling of borders
Houssem Ben Lazreg, Waël Garnaoui | ABC
Davanti alle immagini di un mondo senza umani [Italian]
Chiara Del Corona | Il Becco
Kriegsherren, Erklärbären, Sunnyboys: Männer für die Krise [German]
Annika Joeres, Susanne Götze | Übermedien
A banalização da excepção [Portuguese]
José Goulão | AbrilAbril
Economy
Born Out of Necessity: A Debt Standstill for COVID-19
Patrick Bolton et al. | Centre for Economic Policy Research
Coronavirus: private equity’s bailout moment
Kaye Wiggins | Financial Times
The Coronavirus and the End of Economics
Steve Keen | Brave New Europe
Esto no es una crisis financiera en la eurozona, es una pandemia [Spanish]
Iván H. Ayala | CTXT
Renta mínima permanente y garantía de empleo [Spanish]
Antón Costas | El Periódico
Jean-Marie Harribey, économiste atterré: «Le capitalisme se heurte à des limites infranchissables» [French]
Jérôme Skalski | L'Humanité
Le multilatéralisme à l’épreuve du coronavirus [French]
Gaïdz Minassian | Le Monde
Reddito di base e helicopter money: contro e oltre l’emergenza Covid-19 [Italian]
Giuseppe Allegri, Bruno Montesano | EuroNomade
Class & Labour
Revealing the unequal burden of COVID-19 by income, race/ethnicity, and household crowding: US county vs. ZIP code analyses
Jarvis T. Chen, Nancy Krieger | Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies
After 40 days of isolation, informal laborers still cannot get government assistance
Marina Duarte de Souza | Brasil de Fato
Front-line workers in the covid-19 fight need unions
William P. Jones | Washington Post
COVID-19 sweeping through US immigrant farmworker and meatpacker ranks
Danica Jorden | openDemocracy
International
The Geo-economic Fallout of COVID-19 for the Middle East
Neil Bhatiya | The Cairo Review
Financial Collapse, Revolution, and Pandemic: Where are the Unions?
Rima Majed | The Lebanese Center for Policy Studies
A Violent Disregard for Life: Covid-19 in Brazil
Angelo Martins Junior | Discover Society
The Law of the WHO, COVID-19 and the Multilateral World Order
Armin von Bogdandy | Verfassungsblog
A dupla ameaça para os povos da Amazônia [Portuguese]
Luna Gámez | El País Brasil
Public Health
Role of testing in COVID-19 control
Nicholas C Grassly et al. | Imperial College London
The Hurdles to Developing a COVID-19 Vaccine: Why International Cooperation is Needed
David Salisbury, Champa Patel | Chatham House
The Challenges of Post-COVID-19 Care
Dhruv Khullar | The New Yorker
Patents vs. the Pandemic
Joseph E. Stiglitz et al. | Project Syndicate
We Have No Idea Which Interventions Work Against COVID-19
Kevin Drum | Mother Jones
Star-Virologen: Was Experten-Auftritte über die Politik verraten [German]
Pauline Voss | NZZ
Coronakrise: „Ernst wird es, wenn eine große Welle an Neuinfektionen auftritt“ [German]
Jan Klauth | WELT
Public Sphere
The Demon of Distraction
Irina Dumitrescu, Caleb Smith | Critical Inquiry
Cities are at centre of coronavirus pandemic – understanding this can help build a sustainable, equal future
David Simon | The Conversation
¿En algo hay que creer? [Spanish]
Martín Caparrós | The New York Times
Virus y mariposas: una reescritura. [Spanish]
Fernando Broncano | IECCS
Simone Ishibashi: Agamben, Žižek, Sotiris et la "biopolitique démocratique" [French]
Giorgio Agamben et al. | Alternative Révolutionnaire Communiste
Barbara Rose. L’Arte dopo la “peste” [Italian]
Barbara Rose | ArtsLife
Social Toll
Mental Health in a Pandemic [Podcast]
Stephen M. Sonnenberg | This is Democracy
An Essay on Pandemic Borders: From ‘Immunitary Dispositif’ to Affirmative Ethics
Umut Ozguc | The Disorder of Things
COVID-19 poses unique challenges for people with disabilities
JHU Hub
Corona: Wieder die Gefahr einer verlorenen Generation? [German]
Johann Bacher | Arbeit&Wirtschaft Blog
Tech
Corona in 5G
Jens Zimmermann | International Politics and Society
Will the covid-19 pandemic accelerate automation?
Mark Muro | The Economist Intelligence Unit
Health vs. Privacy: How Other Countries Use Surveillance To Fight the Pandemic
Eleanor Beardsley et al. | NPR
Democracy
Freedom and privacy in the time of coronavirus
Robert E. Litan, Martin Lowy | Brookings Institution
Human Rights Beyond the Time of Coronavirus
Catherine Putz | The Diplomat
Democratic backsliding, Poland’s election and Covid-19: What needs to be considered?
Fernando Casal Bértoa, Simona Guerra | LSE