In the early months of the pandemic, the government shut down entire sectors of the economy and started paying a large portion of Britons. Some people work from home, both homeschooling and figuring out how to use Zoom. Others risk their health to go to work. Meanwhile, big tech companies and outsourcing firms make money from government contracts.
What can we learn from a moment when the predictable rules of economic life are put on hold? Who wins and who loses in these times of crisis? Has the pandemic pushed us towards a new form of capitalism?
Ayeisha discusses their new book with Goldsmiths University political economy lecturers Sahil Dutta and Nick Taylor “unprecedented? How Covid-19 is revealing the politics of our economy”
- Learn more about Sahil and Nick’s work here.
- Further reading on the nursing crisis and the coronavirus by Emma Dowling here.
