Heterodox
IRIB (the iranian national TV channel) hosted a discussion about the human costs of the European energy crisis. The lead was given by a recent ECONOMIST article arguying that the deaths caused (through cardiac and respiratory complications) by the lack of sufficient energy (caused by the skyrocketing of the energy prices) surpassed those caused by COVID-19. Unsurprisingly, the ECONOMIST attributed the high cost of energy to Russia and the Ukraine conflict. I argued that the...
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