The Politics of COVID-19, Readings #18
The most important contributions on the political, economic, and social effects of the unfolding crisis.
Housekeeping
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A list of the podcasts that we have featured is also available.
Future
We aren’t just stopping coronavirus. We’re building a new world
Eric Holthaus | The Correspondent
Why this crisis is a turning point in history
John Gray | New Statesman
Le monde de demain selon Tristan Garcia : “Ce virus réalise une forme carcérale de libéralisme” [French]
Tristan Garcia | Les Inrockuptibles
Economic Policy
Covid-19 and the Global Economy [Video]
Jayati Ghosh | CESP 2020
Kapitalbeteiligung der öffentlichen Hand als Kriseninstrument [German]
Helmut Gahleitner | A&W Blog
Will the coronavirus crisis rehabilitate the world’s banks?
David Crow et al. | The Irish Times
Social Toll
Domestic Violence and Coronavirus: Hell Behind Closed Doors
Rafia Zakaria | The Nation
When Epidemics Collide: Coronavirus, Criminal Justice & Poverty [Podcast]
Liz Theoharis et al. | News Beat
Confinement, la double peine des travailleurs invisibles [French]
Célian Macé | Libération
From national threat to oblivion
Chiara Pagano | Eurozine
Public Sphere
Roberto Esposito: Philosopher of Community and Immunity?
Robert Wyllie | Church Life Journal
In the Race to Crack Covid-19, Scientists Bypass Peer Review
Hannah Thomasy | Undark
Cientistas publicam um novo estudo sobre coronavírus a cada três horas; China lidera [Portuguese]
Sabine Righetti, Estêvão Gamba | Folha De S. Paulo
Tech
China, coronavirus and surveillance: the messy reality of personal data
Yuan Yang et al. | Financial Times
Will Airbnb Become Obsolete After the Coronavirus?
Lionel Laurent | Bloomberg
“È falsa la dicotomia tra diritto alla privacy e salute pubblica” [Italian]
Francesca Bria | la Repubblica
Why Amazon Is Poised to Emerge from the Covid-19 Crisis Stronger Than Ever
Shaoul Sussman | ProMarket
New pandemic edtech power networks
Ben Williamson | Code acts in education
Context
The Way The U.S. Beat TB Could Be A Boon In Battling Coronavirus
Salmaan Keshavjee et al. | NPR
L'intervento di Carlo Rovelli: "A lezione di umiltà: siamo fragili ne usciremo uniti" [Italian]
Carlo Rovelli | Corriere della Sera
La vengeance du pangolin ? conversation avec François Moutou et Frédéric Keck [French]
Baptiste Roger-Lacan | Le Grand Continent
Coronavirus: Pandemie des Wahnsinns [German]
Valentin Widmann | The European
Class & Labour
Essential Workers: Class Struggle in the Time of Coronavirus
Brian Escobar, Keith Rosenthal | New Politics
Saber parar. Sobre el rol del cognitariado durante la cuarentena [Spanish]
Lucía Naser | Lobo Suelto
The unequal cost of coronavirus
Renaud Lambert, Pierre Rimbert | Le Monde diplomatique
Capitalism
Pandemics Are the Dark Side of Global Mobility
John Upton | Nautilus
Pharmacolonialisme et triage monétaire : comment le coronavirus révèle les fractures Nord-Sud [French]
Andrés Arauz | Le Vent Se Lève
«I virus figli dell'agro business» [Italian]
Giuditta Pellegrini | il manifesto
« La crise du coronavirus signale l’accélération d’un nouveau capitalisme, le capitalisme numérique » [French]
Daniel Cohen | Le Monde
Hospital Bailouts Begin—for Those Owned by Private Equity Firms
Rosemary Batt | The American Prospect
Democracy
How Authoritarians Are Exploiting the Covid-19 Crisis to Grab Power
Kenneth Roth | The New York Review of Books
Darwinismo social y coronavirus [Spanish]
Andrés Ruggeri | Pagina 12
App coronavirus: perché la Corea non può essere un modello per l'Italia [Italian]
Laura Filios | Osservatorio Diritti
Academic
COVID19: Why justice and transparency in hospital triage policies are paramount
Udo Schuklenk | Bioethics
SARS-CoV-2: Jumping the Species Barrier, Lessons from SARS and MERS
Kuldeep Dhama et al. | Preprints
International
Modi’s Covid-19 lockdown speech shows he doesn’t learn from past mistakes, or doesn’t care to
Abhijit Iyer-Mitra | The Print
Governo Bolsonaro, mais nocivo que o Covid-19 [Portuguese]
Débora Nunes | Combate Racismo Ambiental
Maroc. Le roi, le coronavirus et « la volonté divine » [French]
Hicham Mansouri | Orient XXI
Anthropocene
Catastrophe capitalism: climate change, COVID-19, and economic crisis
Farooque Chowdhury | Monthly Review
Jérôme Segal : « Qui sont les animaux ? » [French]
Ballast | Revue Ballast
Public Health
A coronavirus test for anyone? In Iceland, it’s possible.
Siobhán O'Grady | Washington Post
L'epidemiologo Ioannidis sul coronavirus: “Mancano ancora dati affidabili e agendo alla cieca si possono fare danni” [Italian]
Simone Valesini | WIRED
La gestión policial de la crisis sanitaria [Spanish]
José María López-Riba | CTXT