Recovery: How We Can Create a Better, Brighter Future after a Crisis - Hardcover

Wear, Andrew

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1800313403 ISBN 13: 9781800313408

Publisher: Hero, 2021

Synopsis

We have recovered from many crises in the past: war, depression, pandemic, natural disaster. Often, we’ve bounced back from these challenges to build an even better future.

The Spanish Flu was followed by the economic prosperity of the Roaring Twenties. In the decades following World War II, the German and Japanese economies grew into the world’s most advanced. In the USA, the social and economic policies responding to the Great Depression laid the foundations for twentieth century prosperity.

As we contemplate recovery from the current health and economic crisis while confronting the climate emergency head on, what can we learn from other recoveries? Through interviews with experts, policymakers and community leaders, this book examines past recoveries and investigates implications for the future. It explores what went well, what we should do differently and what the implications might be for the recovery ahead of us.

With governments prepared to lead, listen to expert advice and involve communities in decision-making, not only is a successful recovery possible, we can also choose to re-evaluate many of the things that we thought were fixed. The COVID-19 crisis gives us a once-in-a-generation opportunity to build back better.

‘A book to give you hope. Wear shows we really can build a stronger and more sustainable economy after COVID-19.’ Polly Mackenzie, CEO of Demos

About this title

About the Author

Andrew Wear is a senior Australian public servant, who has worked for national, state and local governments. He has degrees in politics, law, economics and public policy, and is a graduate of the Senior Executive Fellows Program at Harvard Kennedy School. A Victorian Fellow of the Institute of Public Administration Australia, he is also a director of Ardoch Ltd, a children’s education charity.

Edition details

• Publisher: Hero
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1800313403
• ISBN 13: 9781800313408
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 288