Jacob Assa ( @jacob_assa): The spread of the coronavirus epidemic around the world in the past few weeks has exposed not only differences in the lack of preparedness of various public health systems, but also differences in reactions to the crisis. https://developingeconomics.org/2020/03/31/laissez-faire-laissez-mourir/">https://developingeconomics.org/2020/03/3...
Jacob Assa ( @jacob_assa): How can this idolizing of the economy over the polity – and citizens’ very survival – be possible in a democracy? Those in power [in the USA] are clearly acting in their own self-interest rather than in that of the public. https://developingeconomics.org/2020/03/31/laissez-faire-laissez-mourir/">https://developingeconomics.org/2020/03/3...
Jacob Assa ( @jacob_assa): Austerity – the latest form of Laissez-Faire in the North – has hollowed countries’ ability to not only support the vulnerable in normal times, but even to save their lives during a pandemic. https://developingeconomics.org/2020/03/31/laissez-faire-laissez-mourir/">https://developingeconomics.org/2020/03/3...
Jacob Assa ( @jacob_assa): The recent virus is a tragedy given the lives already lost and those who will die next, the economic hardship and rising unemployment, and the complete disruption of a way of life once taken for granted. https://developingeconomics.org/2020/03/31/laissez-faire-laissez-mourir/">https://developingeconomics.org/2020/03/3...
Jacob Assa ( @jacob_assa): While we need to be cautious not to to curtail political freedoms, we cannot sacrifice ourselves to the short-term ‘economic freedoms’ of a minority. If we do, we are all dead, even before the long-run. https://developingeconomics.org/2020/03/31/laissez-faire-laissez-mourir/">https://developingeconomics.org/2020/03/3...
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