How pandemics through history may impact politics and economics
The Black Death in the Middle Ages was the most fatal pandemic in human history, and its lingering impact may still be seen in Germany's political landscape centuries later. Daniel Gingerich, an associate professor of politics at the University of Virginia, joins CBSN to discuss his research on the topic. (Disclosure: Gingerich is also the brother of CBSN anchor Tanya Rivero.)