InterrogatingThe Plague Year: Questions On The Political And Moral Economy Of COVID-19
by Don Longo
Edvard Munch, 'The Scream', undated, Kunstmuseum, Bergen, Germany
The origin, development and impact of Covid-19 will take years to play out. Here are some reflections on the current situation with respect to the pandemic. I present them in the form of questions to highlight the prevailing uncertainty surrounding the virus. Neither the section headings nor the items under them are in any particular order.
Ideologies, Systems
— What have been the relative merits of people’s democracies (specifically, China) and liberal parliamentary democracies (specifically, Australia, Europe, USA) in terms of effectiveness in dealing with the pandemic? Are centralised systems of authority better at responding to health crises than devolved, parliamentary and federated systems?
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