Coronavirus is changing how people buy books

PLUS: the economics of wealth inequality, the anti-quarantine protests, and a trip through the Saharan. View this email in your browser  |  Manage newsletter subscriptions 04.27.20   TAXES ON TAXES One Man's Radical Plan to Solve Wealth Inequality BY SIMON KUPER, WIRED UK French economist Thomas Piketty says inequality is a political choice. The solution? Wealth taxes well beyond anything dreamed up by Bernie Sanders.   CORONAVIRUS The Anti-Quarantine Protests Aren't About Covid-19 BY EMMA GREY ELLIS If the tone of the demonstrations against stay-at-home orders seems familiar, that's because it is.   GALLERY 26 Hours on a Saharan Freight Train BY MICHAEL HARDY Photographer Adrian Guerin rode Mauritania's Train du Desert, one of the world's longest trains, at the hottest time of the year. It nearly broke him.   BOOKS The Coronavirus Pandemic Is Changing How People Buy Books BY KATE KNIBBS Of course, Amazon is still a monster, but some indie booksellers are making it work. GET WIRED   Get unlimited access to our coverage of the coronavirus pandemic.   Subscribe to support our journalism.   Exclusive offer: 1 year for $10 $5.   GALLERY The Shared Visual Language of the 1918 and 2020 Pandemics BY LAURA MALLONEE Photos show the striking similarities between the 20th-century influenza outbreak and today's coronavirus pandemic.   BLOOD DRIVE The Race to Get Convalescent Plasma to Covid-19 Patients BY SARA HARRISON Blood centers across the nation are trying to get antibodies from coronavirus survivors to patients who want this experimental treatment. But it's not easy.   MONSTROUS MOONSHINE The Legacy of Math Luminary John Conway, Lost to Covid-19 BY KEVIN HARTNETT Conway, who passed away on April 11, was known for his rapid computation, his playful approach, and solving problems with "his own bare hands."   OPINION Flying Cars Could Take Off Soon, If We Let the Military Help BY WILL ROPER A 'New School' approach to military R&D funding doesn't just advance national security. It advances progress.   BACKCHANNEL How Space Tries to Kill You and Make You Ugly BY CHRISTOPHER WANJEK Oh also, it makes you blind and stupid too.     This e-mail was sent to you by WIRED. To ensure delivery to your inbox (not bulk or junk folders), please add our e-mail address, wired@newsletters.wired.com, to your address book.   View our Privacy Policy Unsubscribe or Manage your newsletter subscriptions