EPISODE · Jul 6, 2020 · 9 MIN
Repairing the social and economic damage brought by the pandemic
from FT News Briefing
Covid-19 has been a global shock. But will it be a transformative one? In this special edition of the FT News Briefing, the FT’s chief economics commentator, Martin Wolf, explains why the global free market era might soon be coming to an end for western democracies, and why he thinks politics, society and the economy should now revolve around the idea of citizenship. Read Martin Wolf’s essay at FT.com/BigRead. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Covid-19 has been a global shock. But will it be a transformative one? In this special edition of the FT News Briefing, the FT’s chief economics commentator, Martin Wolf, explains why the global free market era might soon be coming to an end for western democracies, and why he thinks politics, society and the economy should now revolve around the idea of citizenship. Read Martin Wolf’s essay at FT.com/BigRead. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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