Contents: Preface -- 1. The economics and epidemiology of epidemics and pandemic -- 2. Measures and determinants of the severity of covid-19 -- 3. The effects and consequences of covid-19 -- 4. Public policy response to the pandemic -- 5. Implications for democracy, militarism and international...

Contents: Preface -- 1. War is a racket: in memory of Smedley Butler -- 2. The causes of war -- 3. War versus peace: the outcome of a binary process -- 4. Imperialism as an enterprise -- 5. Wars of aggression and false flags -- 6. War profiteering, the military-industrial complex and the deep...