Recovery
Subtitle: how we can create a better, brighter future after a crisis
By: Andrew Wear
Publisher: Black Inc.
Published: 2021
Place of publication: Carlton, VIC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 271
ISBN-13: 9781760643089
Subjects: Crises; Social aspects; COVID-19 (Disease); Political aspects; Economic aspects; Disasters; Crisis management; Social change; Epidemics
Description: In crisis lies opportunity. Let's build back better. Humanity has recovered from many crises in the past: war, depression, pandemic, natural disaster. Often, we've bounced back to create a better future. The Spanish flu was followed by the economic prosperity of the Roaring Twenties. After World War II, the German economy grew to become the world's most advanced. US social and economic policies responding to the Great Depression paved the way for twentieth-century prosperity. As we emerge from the COVID-19 health and economic crisis, what can we learn from other recoveries? Through interviews with experts, policymakers and community leaders, Andrew Wear examines past recoveries, exploring what went well, what we should do differently and what the lessons might be for the recovery ahead of us.With governments prepared to lead, listen to experts and involve communities in decision-making, not only is a successful recovery possible, we can also choose to reconsider things we thought were fixed. We have an opportunity to create a better future, so let's use it.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Preface; title: Introduction: a bright dawn; title: Chapter 1: Pandemic; title: Chapter 2: Recession; title: Chapter 3: Natural disaster; title: Chapter 4: War; title: Chapter 5: Our post-pandemic future; title: Chapter 6: A roadmap to recovery; title: Acknowledgements; title: List of figures; title: Notes.