Introducing this issue, this paper refects on the role of peer-reviewed research in documenting and analysing the restructuring of labour under rapidly changing global conditions. It summarises the ...contents of the issue, placing it in the context not only of the 2020-2021 global COVID-19 pandemic, but also in relation to past theoretical debates in the pages of this journal about the dynamics of platform capitalism.
Through the perspective of the cultural history of medicine, various historical sources are addressed, including the press, bibliography, specialized literature and documents from the Vicente Dagnino ...Historical Archive. From this base, the constitution of the Sanitary Station, the action of the lazareto, the activities of the doctors in the city, the sanitation policies and the impact of the plague in the area of the valleys stand out. ...the relevance of pharmacological advances and progress in public health are studied as fundamental elements in improving quality of life. Josefina Cabrera, por su parte, distingue que el Estado invirtió gran cantidad de recursos para frenar la epidemia en Iquique, debido a su importancia económica como principal puerto salitrero, lo que se tradujo en ciertas medidas profilácticas (Cabrera 2004).
With the economic shutdown in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the importance of some industries for the national economy has come into focus. This report identifies industries that are closely ...linked with the rest of the economy through supply chains; stopping production in these industries would have a significant impact on the overall economy. On the one hand, there are industries in which production losses lead to massive demand losses in other industries. On the other hand, there are industries in which production downtimes lead to massive delivery difficulties for other industries. Beyond these interdependencies, we also account for negative effects stemming from the loss of income and from consumption or investment decisions. JEL Classification: C67, D57, E17. Im Zuge der Coronavirus-Pandemie stellt sich die Frage, welche Branchen systemrelevant sind. An erster Stelle stehen Bereiche wie Gesundheit und Pflege sowie alle Branchen, die die Versorgung des taglichen Bedarfs abdecken. Dabei reicht es jedoch nicht, nur die Branchen anzuschauen, die direkt fur den Endverbrauch wichtig sind. Die gesamten Wertschopfungsketten mussen betrachtet werden. Mithilfe der Input-Output-Rechnung werden die Vorleistungen einbezogen und die besonders systemrelevanten Branchen identifiziert.
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