The Politics of COVID-19, Readings #7
The most important contributions on the political, economic, and social effects of the unfolding crisis.
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Health Policy
Why the Coronavirus Has Been So Successful
Ed Yong | The Atlantic
Doctors Try Steroids to Treat Coronavirus Patients, Against WHO Counsel
Peter Landers, Miho Inada | The Wall Street Journal
Democracy
The Dangers of Relying on Philanthropists During Pandemics
Rob Reich, Mohit Mookim | WIRED
Pandemics and social capital: From the Spanish flu of 1918-19 to COVID-19
Arnstein Aassve et al. | VOX EU
Roberto Esposito: "Il Coronavirus rafforzerà i sovranisti" [Italian]
Nicola Mirenzi | HuffPost
History
History of Pandemic: Resources
Society for the Social History of Medicine
Plague passport to detention — Epidemic Act was a medical surveillance tool in British India
Tarangini Sriraman | The Print
Class & Labour
‘This is crazy:’ Rage boils over at Amazon sites over coronavirus risks
Melissa Heikkilä | POLITICO
Out of work: Coronavirus pandemic turns into a Bay Area jobs crisis
Marisa Kendall et al. | The Mercury News
Antropocene
From food to tech, Covid-19 to spur urban planning rethink
Rina Chandran | The Star
Frédéric Keck: “Nous n’avons pas l’imaginaire pour comprendre ce qui nous arrive” [French]
Frédéric Keck | Philosophie magazine
Capitalism
This Time, Can We Finally Turn a Financial Crisis Into an Opportunity?
Mark Blyth, Eric Lonergan | Foreign Policy
Capitalisme et coronavirus: Notes à propos de l'épidémie économique [French]
Maurilio Lima Botelho | Palim-Psao
A Covid-19 Supply Chain Shock Born in China Is Going Global
Shawn Donnan et al. | Bloomberg
Public Sphere
Design in the age of pandemics
Diana Budds | Curbed
Coronavirus [PDF]
Raoul Vaneigem | Not Bored
„Es geht immer um die Balance“ [German]
Stefan Reinecke | taz
Context
La emergencia viral y el mundo de mañana. Byung-Chul Han, el filósofo surcoreano que piensa desde Berlín [Spanish]
Byung-Chul Han | El País
Il sovranismo sanitario allo sbaraglio [Italian]
Nicoletta Dentico | il manifesto
De la peste au coronavirus: 7 choses à savoir sur l’histoire des épidémies [French]
François Reynaert | L'Obs
Tech
Can Amazon handle the coronavirus pressure?
JP Mangalindan | Protocol
International
Experts fear India will be the next coronavirus hotspot
Shashank Bengali | Los Angeles Times
Hungarians should be rising to the challenge of the coronavirus outbreak in spite of Orbán
Dávid Vig | Euronews
Economic Policy
Covid-19: Riesgo y protección [Spanish]
Joan Subirats | El País
Cash Now [Podcast]
Stephanie Kelton | Rumble