Future scenarios : “we are all failed states, now”

As I write this, the constitutional environment of the United States is experiencing its greatest stresses since the American Civil War. A viral pandemic has engulfed the world and especially stricken the United States; as of this writing more than 3 million coronavirus cases have been reported in the United States, more than in any other country. Although the United States has about 4.2% of the global population, it has suffered 25% of the deaths worldwide— more than 132,000 Americans have died from the COVID-19 virus. Partly as a consequence of this viral apocalypse, US unemployment is experiencing levels approaching 20%1 —numbers not seen since the Great Depression, and US gross domestic product is expected to contract by 7% in a single year.2 The chairman of the Federal Reserve has predicted a steep recession of uncertain length3 and the federal debt has climbed to levels unseen outside of wartime

• Tipo de recurso: Part of book
• Fecha de publicación: 2020
• Institución: Universidad de Bogotá Jorge Tadeo Lozano
• Repositorio: Expeditio: repositorio UTadeo
• Idioma: eng
• OAI Identifier: oai:expeditiorepositorio.utadeo.edu.co:20.500.12010/15645
• Acceso en línea: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12010/15645
• Palabra clave: COVID-19 virus; Global population; COVID-19 (Enfermedad) -- Aspectos sociales; Enfermedades – Aspectos sociales; Epidemias -- Aspectos sociales
• License: Abierto (Texto Completo)