Why Pandemics Hit the Poor Hardest — The Rich Flee and the Poor Take the Bus
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world.
This episode explores The Rich Flee and the Poor Take the Bus by Troy Tassier as a systems-level analysis of how inequality shapes the spread and impact of disease.
Rather than viewing epidemics as purely biological events, the episode examines how urban density, economic inequality, labor structures, and institutional incentives create predictable patterns of exposure and vulnerability.
By focusing on structural design and incentive architecture, this analysis reveals why outbreaks repeatedly follow the same…
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