The Covid Consensus: The New Politics of Global Inequality

by Toby Green

Since the onset of the pandemic, progressive opinion has been clear that hard lockdowns are the best way to preserve life, while only irresponsible and destructive conservatives like Trump and Bolsonaro oppose them. But why should liberals favor lockdowns, when all the social science research shows that those who suffer most are the economically disadvantaged, without access to good internet or jobs that can be done remotely; that the young will pay...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1787385221
• ISBN13: 9781787385221
• Release Date: July 2021
• Publisher: Hurst & Co.
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.93 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.3" x 7.8"