Studying Past Disasters To Predict The Future | MSNBC

The politics of pandemic restrictions and re-opening has been anything but smooth, and a new book out this week might shed some light on why the pandemic has been so rough. NBC's Joshua Johnson spoke to author Niall Ferguson about his new book “Doom: The Politics of Catastrophe,” and the lessons that governments should have learned from the study of past disasters in order to have a better pandemic response.» Subscribe to MSNBC: http://on.msnbc.com/SubscribeTomsnbc

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Studying Past Disasters To Predict The Future | MSNBC