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/108/ Coronageddon? ft. Mark Honigsbaum / Lee Jones
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Length:
87 minutes
Released:
Feb 11, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
On pandemics, panics, and China.
The 2019 Novel Coronavirus is yet another new epidemic to appear on the scene this century. What accounts for their increasing frequency, and who decides if an epidemic is classed as a pandemic? More importantly, what governs that choice? The WHO and the whole intergovernmental management of health has 'securitised' these questions. Are they privileging the free flow of capital over public health? And what of China's draconian response and lockdown of Wuhan - is it effective? And who will bear the blame if things go wrong? Might Coronavirus become a threat to Xi Jingping and the Chinese regime?
Readings:
‘Rumormonger’ Doctor Who Raised the Alarm Says He Has Coronavirus, Sixth Tone
'Hero who told the truth': Chinese rage over coronavirus death of whistleblower doctor, The Guardian
The Free Market Isn’t Up to the Coronavirus Challenge, Leigh Phillips, Jacobin
Locked-down Wuhan and why we always overplay the threat of the new, Kenan Malik, The Guardian
Coronavirus: nature fights back, Michael Roberts blog
Guests' books:
Mark Honigsbaum: The Pandemic Century: One Hundred Years of Panic, Hysteria and Hubris
Lee Jones (& Shahar Hameiri): Governing Borderless Threats: Non-Traditional Security and the Politics of State Transformation
Running order:
(00:44) Introduction
(06:21) Mark Honigsbaum
(38:48) Lee Jones
The 2019 Novel Coronavirus is yet another new epidemic to appear on the scene this century. What accounts for their increasing frequency, and who decides if an epidemic is classed as a pandemic? More importantly, what governs that choice? The WHO and the whole intergovernmental management of health has 'securitised' these questions. Are they privileging the free flow of capital over public health? And what of China's draconian response and lockdown of Wuhan - is it effective? And who will bear the blame if things go wrong? Might Coronavirus become a threat to Xi Jingping and the Chinese regime?
Readings:
‘Rumormonger’ Doctor Who Raised the Alarm Says He Has Coronavirus, Sixth Tone
'Hero who told the truth': Chinese rage over coronavirus death of whistleblower doctor, The Guardian
The Free Market Isn’t Up to the Coronavirus Challenge, Leigh Phillips, Jacobin
Locked-down Wuhan and why we always overplay the threat of the new, Kenan Malik, The Guardian
Coronavirus: nature fights back, Michael Roberts blog
Guests' books:
Mark Honigsbaum: The Pandemic Century: One Hundred Years of Panic, Hysteria and Hubris
Lee Jones (& Shahar Hameiri): Governing Borderless Threats: Non-Traditional Security and the Politics of State Transformation
Running order:
(00:44) Introduction
(06:21) Mark Honigsbaum
(38:48) Lee Jones
Released:
Feb 11, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
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