Doesn't it seem that economic policies to the right of classical social democracy do not work. Too many become too poor. The retirement day makes employees spreaders of infection. And in times of crisis, a strong state is the only adequate parachute for people and companies.
The US risks a huge spread of infection due to too many low-income earners with poor or no health insurance and sick pay who have a strong incentive to work even though they are sick. The shares of health insurance companies are falling like stones in these pandemic times and the state risks having to bail out these companies in the US.
Actually, it would be time for a left turn back to at least the year 2000 before the deterioration of old-age pensions.
If the left turn does not become as strong, then in any case we should not allow C och L to ensure that labor law is deregulated and market rents begin to be introduced?
Capital cannot thrive in the long term unless the people have secure welfare and decent jobs with decent wages.
Actually, this should give way to the introduction of a global tax to secure democracies all over the world and basic socio-economic security so that not everyone is forced to flee here where the new refugees can suffer from a large spread of infection without access to good medical care.
Read the article in GP that inspired me!