. This essay, on inequality in the post-pandemic world, was my Observer column this week. It was published on 29 August 2021, under the headline “The rich nations’ take on the world post-pandemic? ‘I’m all right, Jack’”. Rich countries have administered more doses of Covid vaccine than the size of their populations – an average of 105 doses per 100 people. In low-income countries, that figure is just two per 100 people. It is a disparity that is likely to define the post-pandemic […]

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