COVID-19 in the UK: A Choice between Life and Lucre?
by James MacGregor Palmer
1.8 million pounds.
That’s how much the UK government thinks our lives are worth.
Placing an economic value on a human being is nothing new. It’s standard practice in a growth-obsessed society that ascribes economic value to whatever it can.
The Economy Over All
Last week the UK’s COVID-19 death toll broke the 50,000 mark. With our own wild-haired leader of the post-truth era at the helm,