The Politics of COVID-19, Readings #9
The most important contributions on the political, economic, and social effects of the unfolding crisis.
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Public Sphere
Bolso de quem vive de arte se enche de incertezas durante crise do coronavírus [Portuguese]
Ivan Finotti | Folha de S.Paulo
Giorgio Agamben: «L’épidémie montre clairement que l’état d’exception est devenu la condition normale» [French]
Nicolas Truong | Le Monde
‘A Whole Generation of Artists Might Be Wiped Out’: Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev on Museums, Care and the Covid-19 Crisis
Pablo Larios | Frieze
Anthropocene
Covid-19: «C’est le moment où jamais pour agir sur le front climatique» [French]
Nicolas Celnik | Libération
Transit is in trouble due to coronavirus. This Green New Deal plan could help.
Alissa Walker | Curbed
Work & Labour
Coronavirus and Chronopolitics
Gabriel Winant | n+1 Magazine
The Italian Workers Fighting Like Hell to Shut Down Their Workplaces
Leopoldo Tartaglia | In These Times
Democracy
Solidarity Economics—for the Coronavirus Crisis and Beyond
Chris Benner, Manuel Pastor | The American Prospect
Lo que se está ocultando en el debate sobre la pandemia [Spanish]
Vicenç Navarro | Público
Yes, COVID-19 Is an Emergency: It’s Also a Paradigm Shift
Ian Zuckerman | Public Seminar
Les sachants, l’exécutif et le Covid-19: un triptyque révélateur de l’épistocratie ? [French]
Adrian Raux | Mediapart
Academic
The Coronavirus and the Great Influenza Pandemic: Lessons from the "Spanish Flu" for the Coronavirus's Potential Effects on Mortality and Economic Activity
Robert J. Barro et al. | NBER
Does the COVID-19 outbreak mark the onset of a sustainable consumption transition?
Maurie J. Cohen | Sustainability: Science, Practice and Policy
Tech
Should Zoom Be a Public Utility?
Omar Ocampo | Inequality.org
We Could Be Collecting Data on Coronavirus Cases, but the Government is Afraid of Being Embarrassed
Jo Sutton-Klein | Novara Media
Capitalism
The last global crisis didn't change the world. But this one could
William Davies | The Guardian
Coronavirus, capitalism and the world we face now. [Podcast]
Rob Wallace | This is Hell!
When the State Steps in to Save Profit
Ingar Solty | Jacobin
Beyond the Economic Chaos of Coronavirus Is a Global War Economy
William I. Robinson | Thruthout
Health Policy
Antoine Flahault: «Les prévisions catastrophiques se sont toujours révélées erronées» [French]
Dominique Seux | Les Echos
Pressure for private hospitals to be nationalised
Anna Majavu | New Frame
International
From cholera to corona: The politics of plagues in Africa
Simukai Chigudu | Africa Is A Country
Il coronavirus e la bufala dell’Europa che cambia [Italian]
Alessandro Somma | MicroMega
Social Toll
Immigrant Detention During COVID-19 Is a Worsening Nightmare
Marcia Brown | The American Prospect
Todas las apuestas están abiertas [Spanish]
Wolfgang Streeck | El Salto
Context
The Economy and the Coronavirus: Making Sense of the Coronavirus Moment [Video]
Felicia Wong | Roosevelt Institute
Corona-Folgen - Vernunft, Verzicht und Ellbogen [German]
Gesa Lindemann | Zeit Online
Economic Policy
Coronavirus and the UK economy: Why this pandemic needs a bolder macroeconomic response.
Josh Ryan-Collins | UCL IIPP Blog
The Coronavirus Crisis Is Making a Guaranteed Income More Likely Than Ever Before
Francis Reynolds | The Nation