Can Coronavirus Teach Us the Value of a Democratic Economy Heading into November 2020?

Will the conditions created by the coronavirus outbreak cause a re-thinking of our economy and democracy? pixabay.com

Wise people always remind us to never let a good crisis go to waste.

Wise people with evil inclinations have, of course, taken this sage advice to heart, often exploiting crises, sometimes even arguably manufacturing them, in order to achieve nefarious ends. Naomi Klein, for example, in her 2007 book The Shock…