COVID-19 and Inequality: a brief reflection, from theory to political action.
A convite da Professora Conceição Soares, escrevi um artigo para o blog to research group 'Ethics, Economy & Society', composto por professores e investigadores da Católica Porto Business School. Neste artigo faço uma breve relação sobre a relação entre a pandemia do COVID-19 e a Desigualdade, partindo de uma base teórica (mas não académica) e relacioná-la com policies (uso a palavra em inglês para distinguir Policy de Politics ). Here it is: Since the beginning of our confinement, many have written on how this pandemic will affect our society. Some have claimed that we, as a society and as individual members of that society, should take this pandemic as an opportunity to rethink our way of living. Others have rightly argued that this is no longer ‘just’ a health crisis – it is a social, a cultural, an economic, and soon a financial one. While it is true that this virus does not differentiate between who it infects, it is undeniable that it will hit the poorest members...