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Fighting Europe’s second wave of COVID-19, and making democracy work for poor people

32 min • 3 september 2020

First up this week, Contributing Correspondent Kai Kupferschmidt talks with host Sarah Crespi about rising numbers of coronavirus cases in Europe. Will what we’ve learned this summer about how the virus is transmitted and treated help prevent a second peak?

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And as part of a special issue on democracy, Rohini Pande, a professor in the department of economics at Yale University, joins Sarah to discuss her review that asks the question: Can democracy work for poor people? Read more from the special issue on democracy.

This week’s episode was produced with help from Podigy.

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[Image: Mattias Berg/Flickr; Music: Jeffrey Cook]

Authors: Sarah Crespi; Kai Kupferschmidt

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