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Covid, SAGE and ‘the West’s Chernobyl’ | Roger Koppl on Expert Failure

10 min · 21. apr. 2026
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episode Covid, SAGE and ‘the West’s Chernobyl’ | Roger Koppl on Expert Failure cover

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Sponsored by Glint - buy, save and spend real physical gold with a Glint Mastercard®. Visit glintpay.com to find out more. You can purchase Prof. Koppl’s books, including Expert Failure and Big Players and the Economic Theory of Expectations, here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/stores/Roger-Koppl/author/B001HP32Z2?ref=ap_rdr&shoppingPortalEnabled=true.In this clip from a Substack-exclusive edition of The Insurgency, Professor Roger Koppl explains how ad‑hoc Covid committees like SAGE were designed to preserve political discretion rather than discover the truth - and why Sweden’s very different path led to a better outcome. He argues the Covid response may prove to be “the West’s Chernobyl moment”, permanently damaging public trust in the expert state.📰 Extended cut: voices.fightingforafreefuture.com🛒 Merch: shop.fightingforafreefuture.com📧 Advertise or partner: liam@stevebaker.info

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👉 Listen to the full episode on Substack: voices.fightingforafreefuture.comSponsored by Glint - buy, save and spend real physical gold with a Glint Mastercard®. Visit glintpay.com.Steve Baker is joined by Harry Richer (Director of Fighting for a Free Future), Laura Dunn, and Albie Amankona to discuss Tony Blair’s latest essay on Labour in government, the impact of rising energy prices, and the deepening crisis of the SNP in light of the Peter Murrell case.Thumbnail Image: “Presidente Bernardo Arévalo se reúne con Tony Blair, ex primer ministro del Reino Unido” by Presidencia de Guatemala, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Presidente_Bernardo_Ar%C3%A9valo_se_re%C3%BAne_con_Tony_Blair,ex_primer_ministro_del_Reino_Unido-_54168021777.jpg)

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