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The impact of financialisation on public health in times of COVID-19 and beyond

Gouzoulis, G; Galanis, G; (2021) The impact of financialisation on public health in times of COVID-19 and beyond. Sociology of Health & Illness 10.1111/1467-9566.13305. (In press). Green open access

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Abstract

The substantial literature in political economy and sociology has shown that the increasing importance of financial activities (financialisation) exhibits significant effects on many socioeconomic conditions. While these conditions are relevant to public health, the dominant focus of the literature has been centred on the impact of financial markets on health services and health-care systems. This paper analyses how the financialisation of non-financial corporations, real estate and pensions can worsen public health through the transformation of workplace and living conditions as well as financially dependent social groups' perception of health risk. Our analysis raises several questions which aim to provide the basis of a future research agenda on the effects of financialisation on public and global health.

Type: Article
Title: The impact of financialisation on public health in times of COVID-19 and beyond
Location: England
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9566.13305
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9566.13305
Language: English
Additional information: © 2021 The Authors. Sociology of Health & Illness published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Foundation for SHIL (SHIL). This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
Keywords: financialisation, inequalities, public health
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of Arts and Humanities
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Arts and Sciences (BASc)
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10129776
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