How Big a Crisis is Necessary to Force the World to Work Together?

Millions of people have died from a  virus that does not respect national sovereignty or borders. The impact of the pandemic has been immediate and devastating. Short of halting all travel and going into total lockdown, there is no way to contain Covid-19 and all of its variants. We already know from experience that lockdowns and travel bans are ineffective, extremely unpleasant, and detrimental to economies. As in so many situations, the very wealthy will make it through this relatively unscathed, but where does that leave everyone else?

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