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Was lockdown worth it?

As the UK braces for a second wave of Covid-19 and grapples with the economic and health tradeoffs of another lockdown, I’ve been…

Aug 6, 2020

Was lockdown worth it?

Aug 6, 2020

Power Walking

In honor of International Women’s Day, I re-read the piece “Power Walking” by Aminatta Forna. Still gorgeous, still relevant in 2021.

Mar 9, 2021

Power Walking

Mar 9, 2021

Freedom to choose how you die

Americans demand freedom because they’re too civically illiterate to know they can demand something else, like protection.

Jan 26, 2021

Freedom to choose how you die

Jan 26, 2021

Are women inherently better leaders than men?

I’m not dwelling on this to be a man-hater. Misunderstanding the lessons of Covid-19 response threatens our preparedness for future crises.

Dec 29, 2020

Are women inherently better leaders than men?

Dec 29, 2020

New Years Resolutions

COVID-19 has made explicit a choice we have always been asked to make implicitly: choose between the health of our communities and the…

Dec 29, 2020

Dec 29, 2020

On the eve of the 2020 US Election

Bracing (for the second time) for civil war

Nov 2, 2020

On the eve of the 2020 US Election

Nov 2, 2020

Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory

…the way only Democrats know how

Aug 12, 2020

Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory

Aug 12, 2020

Early lessons in the political economy of Covid-19 response

The Asian Tigers provided a roadmap to successful containment which much of the West found inconvenient

Aug 8, 2020

Early lessons in the political economy of Covid-19 response

Aug 8, 2020

Sasha

Sasha

born 🇷🇺 raised 🇺🇲 living 🇬🇧 — musings about competing political economic paradigms and creating the kind of world in which I might enjoy existing.

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