ISMAIL LAGARDIEN: Amid a raging pandemic, economics imperialism gives no inch
Those so keen on keeping the economy open are not keen on carrying the cost of the health calamity either
29 June 2021 - 16:24
I have a doctored picture on my computer somewhere of a man in a space suit standing on the moon. Almost 384,400km away (depending on timing) the earth is being obliterated by an enormous meteor. In a speech bubble the man panics: “The Economy!”
In the mind of the man on the moon the meteor did not destroy human life, waterways, landscapes, plants, animals or other living creations — it destroyed “the economy”...
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