The wake-up call: why the pandemic has exposed the weakness of the West - and how to fix it

"In this urgent, beautifully crafted essay, Micklethwait and Wooldridge explain how we ended up in this mess [i.e., the COVID-19 pandemic] and explore the possible routes out of it. They show how Western governments could still combine the best lessons from history with the full potential of te...

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Hauptverfasser: Micklethwait, John 1962- (VerfasserIn), Wooldridge, Adrian (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: London Short Books 2020
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Zusammenfassung:"In this urgent, beautifully crafted essay, Micklethwait and Wooldridge explain how we ended up in this mess [i.e., the COVID-19 pandemic] and explore the possible routes out of it. They show how Western governments could still combine the best lessons from history with the full potential of technology to reverse this decline. But they also serve warning that if the West continues to turn away from modernity and progress, the prospect of a new Eastern-dominated world order will become almost inevitable."--Front jacket
Beschreibung:176 Seiten 2 Portraits [der Verfasser auf dem Cover]
ISBN:9781780724829

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