Comparing the US experience to China’s, he notes how cultural and political differences have determined successes and failures in dealing with the unprecedented challenge of COVID-19. Tooze argues that, like soldiers returning from mortal combat, we are suffering from a kind of national — and even global — PTSD.
Tooze, Columbia University history and economics professor is the author of Shutdown: How Covid Shook the World's Economy.
My WhoWhatWhy conversation with Adam Tooze::
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