Scenario Planning, Futures Thinking
"Hopefully we will use this crisis to rebuild, produce something better and more humane. But we may slide into something worse."

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"I think we can understand our situation – and what might lie in our future – by looking at the political economy of other crises. My research focuses on the fundamentals of the modern economy: global supply chainswages, and productivity. I look at the way that economic dynamics contribute to challenges like climate change and low levels of mental and physical health among workers. I have argued that we need a very different kind of economics if we are to build socially just and ecologically sound futures. In the face of COVID-19, this has never been more obvious."

Article: What Will the World Be Like After Coronavirus? Four Possible Futures