The Austerity Republic: Band- Aid response to a colossal wreck

The giant shadow of John Maynard Keynes looms large as the virus-roiled world scrambles to find the fitting response to the human and economic catastrophe of unprecedented scale and scope.

The economic primer written by Keynes that largely guided the massive interventionist policies of governments during the Great Depression and post the Treaty of Versailles is essentially guiding the virus response of the major powers except for the United States under the Republicans and Trump.