This book provides a novel in-depth study of the early pandemic response
policy at the intersection of political economy and law. It explores:
(1) whether the responses to COVID-19 were democratically accountable;
(2) the ways in which new surveillance and enforcement techniques were
adopted; (3) the new monetary and fiscal policies which were
implemented; (4) the ways in which employed and unemployed persons were
differently impacted by the new policies; and (5) how companies were
economically sustained through the pandemic. A compelling look at what
happens to societies when disaster strikes, this book will be of
interest to legal scholars, political scientists and economists.