Open AccessMike Davis. The Monster Enters: COVID-19 and the Plagues of Capitalism. New York: OR Books, 2020. (205 Pages, Paperback ISBN 9781682193037)
Author(s) -
Sehrish Saeed
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
review of human rights
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2520-7032
pISSN - 2520-7024
DOI - 10.35994/rhr.v6i1.142
Subject(s) - monster , plague (disease) , pandemic , capitalism , covid-19 , economic history , political science , history , art history , law , medicine , archaeology , disease , pathology , politics , infectious disease (medical specialty)
Mike Davis gives a clear and comprehensive picture of how the capitalist economy exacerbates a pandemic. The book is quite timely and relevant. It has enriched the literature on pandemics, plague and pestilence. Davis has aptly exposed the key roles played by agribusiness and the fast food industry. He has highlighted a capitalist global system going out of control to create ecological preconditions leading to a pandemic.