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SOURCE: TomDispatch
4/12/2020
The Ultimate Stress Test: The American World That Covid-19 Reveals
The coronavirus crisis is putting America's flaws into the spotlight.
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SOURCE: Washington Post
3/30/2020
In Fighting Covid-19, Remember That America’s WWII Mobilization Was Hardly Flawless
by Richard B. Frank
Mobilizing all Americans is a lofty challenge. Some will resist, just as they did 80 years ago.
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SOURCE: Dissent
3/20/2020
It Doesn’t Have to Be a War
by Tim Barker
The Trump administration appears ready to invoke the Defense Production Act to speed manufacture of essential goods like face masks. What if we didn’t have to resort to the analog of war?
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SOURCE: TIME
3/24/2020
The U.S. Government Has Mobilized Private Companies to Face Crises Before. Here’s What to Know
by Olivia B. Waxman
One aspect of the history is clear: when business has successfully stepped up for national-security purposes, the federal government and the military have played a key role in coordinating the effort.
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SOURCE: New York Times
3/18/2020
America Is at War, and There’s Only One Enemy
by Margaret O'Mara
The president’s invoking of the Defense Production Act could transform American life after the coronavirus, if we get it right.
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