Shutdown
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What’s it about?
A forensic analysis of the COVID-19 pandemic, revealing how the global shutdown exposed the fragility of our economic and political systems—and the brutal trade-offs that reshaped the world.
You’ll learn
- Why the pandemic was a predictable 'white swan' crisis
- How economic shutdowns triggered a historic collapse
- The role of state capacity in crisis response
- How inequality determined who lived and died