The Politics of COVID-19, Readings #6
The most important contributions on the political, economic, and social effects of the unfolding crisis.
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Capitalism
Coronavirus Politics [Podcast]
Mike Davis | The Dig
Rob Wallacae: "Agribusiness Would Risk Millions of Deaths."
Interview | marx21
“Chinese Virus,” World Market
Andrew Liu | n+1 Magazine
Health Policy
How the U.S. Missed Its Window to Tame Covid-19 [Podcast]
Nandini Venkata | Caixin China Biz Roundup
When it comes to national emergencies, Britain has a tradition of cold calculation
David Edgerton | The Guardian
Democracy
No Such Thing as Society? Liberal Paternalism, Politics of Expertise, and the Corona Crisis
Jana Bacevic | Discover Society
Alain Supiot: «Seul le choc avec le réel peut réveiller d’un sommeil dogmatique» [French, $]
Alain Supiot | Alternatives économiques
Future
The Plague Is a Formative Event. When It Fades, New Possibilities Will Emerge
David Grossman | Haaretz
Tiempo de Virus [Spanish]
Manuel Castells | La Vanguardia
Coronavirus, La Fase Attuale Ed Il Futuro. L’Intervista a Toni Negri [Podcast - Italian]
Antonio Negri | Radio Onda d'Urto
Academic
YouTube as source of information on 2019 novel coronavirus outbreak: A cross sectional study of English and Mandarin content
Priyanka Khatri et al. | Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease
Hospitals as health factories and the coronavirus epidemic
Giorgina Barbara Piccoli | Journal of Nephrology
Global Economy
The Coronavirus Debt Crisis
Johnna Montgomerie | Tribune
Coronavirus: Components Troubles Have Just Begun
Laura Putre | IndustryWeek
International
Russia in the Time of Coronavirus [Podcast]
Brian Whitmore, Maria Snegovaya | Power Vertical Podcast
In Ukraine, Covid-19 Is a Threat Multiplier
Frank Martin, Eric Fritz | New Internationalist
Taiwan’s Fight against COVID-19: Constitutionalism, Laws, and the Global Pandemic
Wen-Chen Chang | Verfassungsblog
Tech
Coronavirus Has Exposed America’s Digital Divide
Nicole Aschoff | Jacobin
10 countries are now tracking phone data as the coronavirus pandemic heralds a massive increase in surveillance
Isobel Asher Hamilton | Business Insider
Public Sphere
Pandemic, photography, and psychological distance
Amanda Darrach | Columbia Journalism Review
The Media Is Helping Spread Trump’s Coronavirus Racism
Elie Mystal | The Nation
Social Toll
Colonization and Coronavirus: Indigenous Communities in the Amazon Increasingly Vulnerable
Sue Branford | Yes! Magazine
Coronavirus Transforming Jails Across the Country
Cary Aspinwall | The Marshall Project
Context
Covid-19 and the continuity of the familiar
Raza Saeed | Critical Legal Thinking