The COVID consensus : the global assault on democracy and the poor : a critique from the left
Green, Toby, 1974-2023
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Why does Western pandemic policy have support across the political spectrum, when its social impacts conflict with ideology on both right and left? During the pandemic, the Left has agreed that 'following the science' with hard lockdowns is the best way to preserve life; only irresponsible right-wing populists oppose them. But social science shows that while the rich have got richer, those suffering most under lockdown are the already disadvantaged: the poor, the young, and - most overlooked of all - the Global South. The UN is predicting tens of millions of deaths from hunger and warning that decades of development are being reversed. Equally, why have conservatives backed lockdowns and other major interventions, creating the big state that they usually abhor? These contradictions within the great consensus of Western pandemic response are part of a broader crisis in Western thought.
Main title:
The COVID consensus : the global assault on democracy and the poor : a critique from the left / Toby Green, Thomas Fazi.
Author:
Green, Toby, 1974-, authorFazi, Thomas, author
Imprint:
London : Hurst & Company, 2023.
Collation:
376 pages ; 19 cm
Notes:
Originally published: 2021.
Audience:
Specialized.
ISBN:
9781787388413 (pbk. :)
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
2332524
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