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Covid 19 Is Upending Capitalism
“In 2021 the toll will become clearer as stimulus tapers down and more firms fail. Healthy businesses will ramp up investment, giving them an enduring advantage. These top dogs will, however, face a new climate in which three tenets of modern business—the primacy of shareholders, globalisation and limited government—are in flux” (Patrick Foulis, 2020).
New thinking is needed on workers’ rights
“Technology is fundamentally reshaping the nature of work in other ways, as firms rethink their businesses after the pandemic. There will be new skills to learn, new responsibilities to master and new models of remote and hybrid working. Employees will be forced to adapt. Such constant change will be unsettling” (Azeem Azhar, 2020).
Why Obama Fears for Our Democracy
“In an exclusive interview, the former president” Barack Obama “identifies the greatest threats to the American experiment, explains why he’s still hopeful, and opens up about his new book” (Jeffrey Goldberg, 2020).
The Apocalyptic Politics of the Populist Right
“Mr. Trump has wantonly rejected the outcome of the recent vote. Invoking allegations of fraud, he has made it clear that for him, conceding defeat is a non-starter...his decision to ignore the will of the people has ramifications for democracy well beyond the United States” (Ivan Krastev, 2020).
Taiwan Is Beating Political Disinformation. The West Can Too.
“Building resilient societies that can fight back against disinformation comes from the hard work of increasing the public’s media literacy and creating and sustaining relationships among people over time, not better algorithms alone. Learning from innovators like Taiwan should be an overarching priority for liberal democracies in the 2020s” (Kerr and Phillips, 2020).
Seeing New Opportunities: How Global Actors Can Better Support Anticorruption Reformers
"The actions needed to pass reforms and combat corruption during a window will depend on the political context and history of how the window opened." This study draws on experiences of reformers in South Africa, Guatemala, and Slovakia to present an analytical framework for future action. (Guerzovich, Soledad Gattoni, and Algoso, 2020).
From Climate Change Awareness to Climate Crisis Action
"This report charts attitudes on the existence, causes, and impact of climate change in Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Sweden, Poland, Czech Republic, the United Kingdom, and the United States. It also examines public attitudes to a series of policies that the EU and national governments could harness to reduce the damage inflicted by human-made emissions" (Eichhorn, Molthof, and Nicke, 2020).
Migrants with irregular status during the Covid-19 pandemic: Lessons for local authorities in Europe
This paper shows “how the pandemic impacted irregular migrants residing in European cities”, analyses “the new policy scenarios impacting irregular migrants” and explores “initiatives and practices addressing the social challenges posed to this group of migrants by the pandemic and related lockdown measures and economic fallouts” (Mallet-Garcia and Delvino, 2020).
Only Truth Can Save Our Democracy
“People who do not share truths can’t defeat a pandemic, can’t defend the Constitution and can’t turn the page after a bad leader. The war for truth is now the war to preserve our democracy” (Thomas L. Friedman, 2020).
Feminist Open Government Research Projects
“The Feminist Open Government Initiative is an ambitious attempt to broaden the base of open government support by investing in cutting-edge research from partners in the Global South and a coalition building effort to rally reform champions behind a gender-centric approach to open government” (Open Government Partnership, 2019).
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