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Coronavirus highlights the painful political truth about health inequality. Is social democracy the answer?

  • Written by Carol Johnson, Emerita Professor, Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Adelaide
Coronavirus highlights the painful political truth about health inequality. Is social democracy the answer?AAP/EPA/Ciro Fusco

Health inequality was a major concern of 20th century social democrats in countries ranging from Britain to Sweden.

During the current coronavirus crisis, it has once again become one of the most crucial issues that social democrats need to address.

Coronavirus itself does not discriminate in terms of class. Indeed, those with the...

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