Covid-19 and the Global Political Economy

Covid-19 and the Global Political Economy investigates and explores how far and in what ways the Covid-19 pandemic is challenging, restructuring, and perhaps remaking aspects of the global political economy.

Introduction: The Covid-19 Pandemic, International Political Economy and Social Reproduction Part I: Global Power, Inequality, and Climate Change 1. "A Once in a Lifetime Opportunity": Covid-19 in the Age of Finance 2. The Billionaire Boom: Capital as Power and the Distribution of Wealth 3. Neoliberalism, Race, and Ignorance in an Era of Covid-19 4. Covid-19: Decarbonization under Duress 5. Engineering the Coronaverse: The Wild, Wild Sovereignty of Big Meat in the Age of the Corporate State Part II: Global Health, Social Care and Reproduction during the Covid-19 Pandemic 6. Global Health, Covid-19, and the Future of Neoliberalism 7. From Operation Warp Speed to TRIPS: Vaccines as Assets 8. Covid-19 and the Economy of Care: Disability and Aged Care Services into the Future Part III: The Future of Production, Money, Energy and Food Regimes 9. Covid-19 and the Future of Work: Continuity and Change in Workplace Precarity 10. MMT, the Pandemic and the Fiscal Deficit Fright 11. Carbon Capitalism, the Social Forces of Annihilation, and the Future of Energy 12. Covid-19 and the Future of Food Conclusion: The Ongoing Covid-19 Dystopia: A Crossroads for Critical IPE and Humanity