Author Archives: Daniel Wei L. Wang

About Daniel Wei L. Wang

Daniel Wei L. Wang is an Associate Professor at Fundação Getúlio Vargas in São Paulo. He taught at the London School of Economics (2014-2015) and at Queen Mary University of London (2015-2019). Daniel received his PhD in Law from the London School of Economics, MSc in Philosophy and Public Policies from the LSE, and LLM from the University of São Paulo.

Rights, Politics and the Political Economy of Medicines

This post is part of a symposium on Amy Kapczynski’s essay “The Right to Medicines in an Age of Neoliberalism.” All contributions to the symposium can be found here. Amy Kapczynski’s essay “The Right to Medicines in an Age of Neoliberalism” is part of a growing scholarship on the apparently paradoxical situation where human rights are mainstreamed globally as the lingua franca to discuss issues of justice while inequalities increase and the capacity of states to provide social protection and promote redistribution is reduced. Some Continue reading →