By Anis Chowdhury and Jomo Kwame Sundaram (*) SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, Mar 24 2020 (IPS) – The economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic is hard to predict as events are still unfolding, and estimates vary dramatically. UNCTAD estimates lost output in the order of US$1…
Arthur Lyon Dahl* – Seán Ó Siochrú* Should we thank God for the Pandemic? It may seem weird to be thankful for a catastrophe.
By Ellen Brown* -The Web of Debt, Blog In what is being called the worst financial crisis since 1929, the US stock market has lost a third of its value in the space of a month, wiping out all of its gains of the last three years. When the Federal Reserve tried to…
By Thalif Deen* UNITED NATIONS, Mar 20 2020 (IPS) – The devastating spread of the deadly coronavirus across every continent– with the exception of Antarctica– has triggered a conspiracy theory on social media: what if the virus was really a biological weapon? And more…
Sasha Abramsky* – The Nation This administration has never missed an opportunity to blame immigrants, asylum seekers, and refugees for our woes In emergencies, things are done at speed, often without due process. That has become apparent as the coronavirus pandemic picks up pace.
By Democracy Now! * Author, activist and journalist Naomi Klein says the coronavirus crisis, like earlier ones, could be a catalyst to shower aid on the wealthiest interests in society, including those most responsible for our current vulnerabilities, while offering next to…
By Oliver Darcy* – CNN Business New York, March 18, 2020 – Two polls released this week show the troubling effects that weeks of dismissive and conspiratorial coverage of the novel coronavirus from Fox News and other right-wing media outlets and personalities had on…
By George Friedman* – Geopolitical Futures, The global medical community appears to have devised a strategy for mitigating the coronavirus that depends largely on quarantine, or limiting contact among the infected and potentially infected, thereby limiting the virus’…
By Tyler Durden* – ZeroHedge* Authored by Jonathan Turley We recently discussed how an American University professor called for the impeachment of President Donald Trump over his handling of the coronavirus outbreak. Not to be outdone, MSNBC legal analyst Glenn…
By The Editorial Board* – The New York Times Tackling the pandemic will require a new, collective way of thinking about public health and society as a whole. In 1941, with war tearing through Europe and Asia and America on the precipice of joining the conflict, President…
