Shock Economy

This edited volume discusses the biopolitics and shock economy of COVID-19, emphasizing medical perspectives and the socioeconomic dynamics of the pandemic and the ensuing institutional responses. Written by an international, multidisciplinary group of academic and professional experts, chapters embrace a wide range of topics such as: medical perspectives on COVID-19; application of geospatial technology; infectivity, immunogenicity, and disease as important factors for adoption of relevant biopolitical measures; shock economy; COVID-19-induced transaction costs; social support and resilience of inhabitants of marginalized areas; business resilience factors; entrepreneurship; and digital transformation. Jointly addressing global examples of biopolitical governance and overarching macroeconomic effects of the pandemic, this volume will be of interest to academics across disciplines as well as policymakers and practitioners on the ground.

Che cos'hanno in comune l'Iraq dopo l'invasione americana, lo Sri-Lanka post-tsunami, New Orleans dopo l'uragano Katrina, le dottrine ultraliberiste della Scuola di Chicago e alcuni esperimenti a base di elettroshock finanziati negli anni Cinquanta dal governo americano? Secondo Naomi Klein, l'idea che sia utile cancellare un intero tessuto sociale per costruire da zero un'utopia, quella dell'ultraliberismo. L'autrice denuncia un capitalismo di conquista che sfrutta cinicamente i disastri.

'Impassioned, hugely informative, wonderfully controversial, and scary as hell' John le Carré