The ‘false choice’ between saving lives and saving the economy is a ‘profoundly stupid’ response to this pandemic: cultural historian

The ‘false choice’ between saving lives and saving the economy is a ‘profoundly stupid’ response to this pandemic: cultural historian: During a rant earlier this week, far-right talk radio host Glenn Beck argued that in order to save the economy, older Americans should return to work and abandon social distancing — even if they’re putting themselves at risk of dying from the coronavirus pandemic. It was an idiotic assertion even by