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EP03 - COVID-19 and Global Commodity Chains ft. Intan Suwandi

EP03 - COVID-19 and Global Commodity Chains ft. Intan Suwandi

Update: 2020-09-297
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How does a virus like SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19, spread so rapidly and widely? A world that is increasingly connected through trade and travel has a lot to do with it. But a lot of these connections have to do global networks of production -- the commodities we buy and sell are actually produced in many countries before being finished in one. What do these global commodity chains have to do with the transmission of viruses like COVID-19? Why does production of commodities take this global or globalized form? What does this tell us about the nature of the world economy we live in, and is it good for countries of the Global South?


I'm joined by Dr. Intan Suwandi, author of Value Chains: The New Economic Imperialism, to discuss these questions.


Music by Zobu.

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EP03 - COVID-19 and Global Commodity Chains ft. Intan Suwandi

EP03 - COVID-19 and Global Commodity Chains ft. Intan Suwandi