The article is a review of the book by A. Etkind, which based on data sociology, history, economics, political science and statistics: author describes relationship between raw materials humankind to suggest way out dramatic collision ( Nature Evil. Raw Materials State . Moscow: New Literary Review, 2023. 504 p.). second edition confirms relevance its agenda in contemporary situation. chronolog...

Countries with more democratic political regimes experienced greater GDP loss and deaths from COVID-19 in 2020. Using five different instrumental variable strategies, we find that democracy is a major cause of the wealth health losses. This impact global not driven by China US alone. A key channel for democracy’s negative weaker narrower containment policies at beginning outbreak, speed introdu...