The Politics of COVID-19, Readings #4
The most important contributions on the political, economic, and social effects of the unfolding crisis.
[For the unabridged version of Part IV of the evolving Reading List, please click here]
Capitalism
The Unexpected Reckoning: Coronavirus and Capitalism
Radhika Desai | New Cold War
Is the Coronavirus Crash Worse than the 2008 Financial Crisis?
Adam Tooze | Foreign Policy
Anti-Capitalist Politics in the Time of Covid-19 [Podcast]
David Harvey | Anti-Capitalist Chronicles
Climate
Green Jobs Are the Answer to the Coronavirus Recession
Kate Aronoff | The New Republic
Banken Geben Fossilen Konzernen Mehr Geld [German]
Sandra Kirchner | klimareporter°
Context
COVID-19: Present, Past, and Future
Richard Falk | Global Justice in the 21st Century
What’s the Difference between Pandemic, Epidemic, and Outbreak?
Rebecca S. Fischer | JSTOR Daily
Democracy
Far Right Uses Coronavirus to Scapegoat Refugees
Haris Zargar | New Frame
The Coronavirus Is a Disaster for Feminism
Helen Lewis | The Atlantic
Economic Policy
How Can the EU Prevent Our Economies from Shutting Down? [Podcast]
Jean Pisani-Ferry, Maria Demertzis | The Sound of Economics
A Forward-Thinking Policy Response to the Coronavirus Recession
Mike Konczal | Roosevelt Institute
Academic
How to Fight the Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 and Its Disease, Covid-19 [PDF]
Michael Lin | Lin Lab Briefing
Health Security Capacities in the Context of COVID-19 Outbreak
Nirmal Kandel, Stella Chungong, Abbas Omaar, Jun Xing | The Lancet
COVID-19 in Italy: Momentous Decisions and Many Uncertainties
Marzia Lazzerini, Giovanni Putoto | The Lancet
Economy
Schockstarre im Süden Europas – Angst Vor Einer Neuen Euro-Krise [German]
Anonymous Anonymous | Handelsblatt
Garment Workers Face Destitution as Covid-19 Closes Factories
Annie Kelly | The Guardian
General
The Coronavirus and the Economic Crisis; the Kushners and the Coronavirus [Podcast]
Paul Krugman, Amy Wilentz, John Nichols | Start Making Sense
Unexpected Upsides to Coronavirus
Gwen Robinson | Nikkei Asian Review
Geopolitics
Quién Ganará la Guerra entre EEUU y China tras el Coronavirus (y el papel de España) [Spanish]
Esteban Hernández | El Confidencial
Critics in Israel Say Netanyahu Using Coronavirus as Pretext for Massive Power Grab
Noga Tarnopolsky | Los Angeles Times
Health
Flattening the Coronavirus Curve Is Not Enough
Joshua Gans | The MIT Press Reader
HIV-Positive Population Braces for Another Plague
Justin Ling | Foreign Policy
Humanities
What We Can Learn (And Should Unlearn) from Albert Camus’s the Plague
Liesl Schillinger | Literary Hub
What’s the Impact of COVID-19 on the Art Community?
Hrag Vartanian | Hyperallergic
Politics
Stay at Home! The Politics of COVID-19
Scott Robinson | Overland
The Real Pandemic Danger Is Social Collapse
Branko Milanovic | Foreign Affairs
Solidarity
Coronavirus: Remembering the Value of School in a Time of Crisis
Neil Selwyn | Monash Lens
Workers and the Virus: Radical Lessons from Italy in the Age of COVID-19
Alessandro Delfanti, Beatrice Busi, Erika Biddle | Socialist Project
Tech
EU Warns of Broadband Strain as Millions Work from Home
Hannah Murphy | Financial Times
Supply Shocks and Sagging Demand: a Coronavirus 'Perfect Storm' Hits Apple
Mike Murphy | Protocol
Theory
Paranoia and the Coronavirus: How Eve Sedgwick's Affect Theory Persists through Quarantine and Self-Isolation
Josh Gabert-Doyon | Verso
Filosofia e Virus: le Farneticazioni di Giorgio Agamben [Italian]
Paolo F. D’Arcais | MicroMega