“Pension Fund Capitalism and the Covid-19 Pandemic”

“Pension Fund Capitalism and the Covid-19 Pandemic” Program Description On this episode of Planet Haliburton we take a look at the relationship between the Covid-19 Pandemic, the incredible rate of infection and death in our Long Term Facilities and the investment practices of large public sector pension funds. It’s no secret that the SARS-Cov-2 virus has wrecked disportioncate havoc among elderly residents of our country’s Long Term Care Facilities. Less attention has been paid to who owns and operates those private for-profit long term care facilities and why private facilities are experiencing higher than average rates of infection and death. Join me for a conversation about the connections between Covid-19, for-profit long term care, and public sector pension funds with Kevin Skerrett, a long time researcher with the Canadian Union of Public Employees and an author of the 2018 book “The Contradictions of Pension Fund Capitalism”. Resource List for “Pension Fund Capitalism and the Covid-19 Pandemic”, with Kevin Skerrett, October 26, 2020 https://canoefm.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Resource-List-for-%E2%80%9CPension-Fund-Capitalism-and-the-Covid-19-Pandemic%E2%80%9DJ-with-Kevin-SkerrettJ-October-26J-2020.pdf