{"id":52562,"date":"2020-04-16T06:54:39","date_gmt":"2020-04-16T11:54:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=52562"},"modified":"2020-04-16T06:54:41","modified_gmt":"2020-04-16T11:54:41","slug":"what-will-the-world-be-like-after-coronavirus-four-possible-futures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=52562","title":{"rendered":"What will the world be like after coronavirus? Four possible futures"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cusp.ac.uk\/themes\/aetw\/sm-blog-four-post-corona-futures\/\">What will the world be like after coronavirus? Four possible futures<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The world-wide Corona-Crisis shows the limits of market-oriented economies. A key task for us all, Simon Mair writes, is demanding that emerging social forms come from an ethic that values care, life, and democracy. The central political task in this time of crisis is living and (virtually) organising around those values.\u00a0<em>This blog first appeared on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/what-will-the-world-be-like-after-coronavirus-four-possible-futures-134085\"><em>The Conversation<\/em><\/a>, as part of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/uk\/topics\/insights-series-71218\"><em>Insights<\/em><\/a>\u00a0series\u2014\u2019longform journalism derived from interdisciplinary research.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cusp.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sm-futures-blog.jpg?fit=1000%2C554&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption>CC.0 :: Martin Sanchez \/ Unsplash.com&nbsp;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Where will we be in six months, a year, ten years from now? I lie awake at night wondering what the future holds for my loved ones. My vulnerable friends and relatives. I wonder what will happen to my job, even though I\u2019m luckier than many: I get good sick pay and can work remotely. I am writing this from the UK, where I still have self-employed friends who are staring down the barrel of months without pay, friends who have already lost jobs. The contract that pays 80% of my salary runs out in December. Coronavirus is hitting the economy bad. Will anyone be hiring when I need work?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are a number of possible futures, all dependent on how governments and society respond to coronavirus and its economic aftermath. Hopefully we will use this crisis to rebuild, produce something better and more humane. But we may slide into something worse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I think we can understand our situation\u2014and what might lie in our future\u2014by looking at the political economy of other crises. My research focuses on the fundamentals of the modern economy:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0959652615011737\">global supply chains<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0921800918306591\">wages<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cusp.ac.uk\/themes\/powering-productivity\/\">productivity<\/a>. I look at the way that economic dynamics contribute to challenges like\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/newsocialist.org.uk\/climate-capitalism-political-marxism\">climate change<\/a>\u00a0and low levels of mental and physical health among\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cusp.ac.uk\/themes\/s1\/wp22\/\">workers<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2026click on the above link to read the rest of the article\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What will the world be like after coronavirus? Four possible futures The world-wide Corona-Crisis shows the limits of market-oriented economies. A key task for us all, Simon Mair writes, is demanding that emerging social forms come from an ethic that values care, life, and democracy. 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