In Covid's Wake: How Our Politics Failed Us

by Stephen Macedo and Frances Lee

What our failures during the pandemic cost us, and why we must do better

The Covid pandemic quickly led to the greatest mobilization of emergency powers in human history. By early April 2020, half the world's population--3.9 billion people--were living under quarantine. People were told not to leave their homes; businesses were shuttered, employees laid off, and schools closed for months or even years. The most devastating pandemic...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691267138
• ISBN13: 9780691267135
• Release Date: March 2025
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 392 Pages