Book launch with Ian Goldin: "Rescue: From Global Crisis to a Better World", chaired by Nik Gowing

Speaker
Prof Ian Goldin
Event date
Event time
17:00 - 18:00
Venue
Oxford Martin School - Online Book Launch and Talk
Online
Event type
Lectures and seminars
Event cost
Free
Disabled access?
Yes
Booking required
Recommended

We are at a crossroads. Covid-19 has wreaked havoc but also offers the potential for radical change.

Ian Goldin explains why bouncing back to business as usual would be disastrous, leading to escalating inequality, potentially more devastating pandemics and escalating climate change. Drawing on the experience of history, Ian identifies how during the Second World War the welfare state and new world order was created to build more cohesive societies and overcome global threats.

In the book launch for Rescue: From Global Crisis to a Better World, Professor Ian Goldin and Nik Gowing, Founder at Thinking the Unthinkable, will show how the pandemic provides a unique opportunity to tackle today’s challenges. The book and his talk examines the impact of the pandemic on the future of jobs, cities, globalisation, governments and businesses. The talk provides an analysis of what is to be done, and shows how the pandemic could lead to a better world.

Register to watch this talk live here.

The talk will also be streamed via YouTube here, but please note you will not be able to take part in the interactive Q&A session unless you join the talk on CrowdCast.