Will COVID-19 Make Us Less Democratic and More like China?

Share this on WhatsApp In a recent column, I speculated that the coronavirus pandemic will make us more socialist, by which I mean simply that governments take more from the rich and give more to poor. I specified that this shift would be consistent with democracy. Now, following my pattern of veering between Pollyannaism and dread, I’ll consider whether … Continue reading Will COVID-19 Make Us Less Democratic and More like China?