The Wake-Up Call: Why the pandemic has exposed the weakness of the West - and how to fix it

Micklethwait, John; Wooldridge, Adrian

ISBN 10: 1780724829 / ISBN 13: 9781780724829

Published by Short Books, 2020

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Wake-Up Call: Why the pandemic has exposed the weakness of the West - and how to fix it
• Publisher: Short Books
• Publication Date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1780724829
• ISBN 13: 9781780724829
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

An urgent and informed look at the challenges Britain and world governments will face in a post-Covid-19 world.

The Covid crisis has not just highlighted the failures of certain governments, it is accelerating a shift in the balance of power from West to East. After a decade where politics in the US and the UK has been consumed with inward-facing struggles, countries like South Korea, Singapore, Taiwan, as well as China, have made extraordinary advances economically, technologically and politically.

In this beautifully crafted essay, Micklethwait and Wooldridge explain how we ended up in this mess and explore the possible routes out. If Western governments respond creatively to the crisis, they will have a chance of reversing decades of decline; if they dither and delay while Asia continues to improve, the prospect of a new Eastern-dominated world order will increase. The big question facing the world is whether the West can rise to the challenge as it has before.

About the Author

John Micklethwait is editor-in-chief of Bloomber­g and former editor-in-chief if the Economist; Adrian Wooldridge is the political editor of the Economist and author of its Bagehot column. They have written six previous books together: The Fourth Revolution: The Global Race to Reinvent the State; Company: A Short History of a Revolutionary Idea; A Future Perfect: The Challenge and Promise of Globalization; The Witchdoctors: Making Sense of the Management Gurus; The Right Nation: Why America is Different; and God is Back: How the Global Rise of Faith is Changing the World.