http://dx.doi.org/10.17176/20200409-153039-0 https://staging.verfassungsblog.de/underreaction-in-a-time-of-emergency-america-as-a-nearly-failed-state/ Underreaction in a Time of Emergency: America as a Nearly Failed State Scheppele, Kim Lane eng 2020-04-09 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Coronavirus COVID 19 emergency powers USA Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Not surprisingly, those of us who write about emergencies have been far more concerned about overreaction than underreaction and we have been far more concerned about politically caused emergencies rather than natural disasters. History is littered with the cautionary tales of overreaction to politically caused emergencies. But the dangers of state failure evident in underreaction are underestimated.