Unbridled liberalism and a pandemic: at a crossroads between techno authoritarianism and a new social order

This paper analyses some of the trends in global capitalism prior to the pandemic and some specificities of the latter that are likely to place the global economy at a crossroads between maintaining the prevailing trend of techno authoritarianism in the governance of countries and a change in the...

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spelling oai-11362-469332021-06-15T20:57:47Z Unbridled liberalism and a pandemic: at a crossroads between techno authoritarianism and a new social order Dosi, Giovanni COVID-19 VIRUS EPIDEMIAS ASPECTOS ECONOMICOS ASPECTOS SOCIALES ESTRUCTURA SOCIAL CONDICIONES ECONOMICAS LIBERALISMO SALUD POLITICA SANITARIA EMPLEO POLITICA DE EMPLEO HORAS DE TRABAJO POLITICA ECONOMICA POLITICA SOCIAL COVID-19 VIRUSES EPIDEMICS ECONOMIC ASPECTS SOCIAL ASPECTS SOCIAL STRUCTURE ECONOMIC CONDITIONS LIBERALISM HEALTH HEALTH POLICY EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT POLICY HOURS OF WORK ECONOMIC POLICY SOCIAL POLICY This paper analyses some of the trends in global capitalism prior to the pandemic and some specificities of the latter that are likely to place the global economy at a crossroads between maintaining the prevailing trend of techno authoritarianism in the governance of countries and a change in the social order. It describes the arrival of the pandemic amid increasing technologization and a fragile socioeconomic architecture, which has been deteriorating since the emergence of neoliberalism in the 1980s and, especially, since the 2008–2009 financial crisis. The major trends analysed are: globalization and the rise of China, wage stagnation and the gap between productivity and wages, along with the explosion in the rate of profit, in addition to (financial and non-financial) corporate profits and the convergence of artificial intelligence and automation. It also outlines a number of lessons to be learned from the pandemic. 2021-05-31T21:31:22Z 2021-05-31T21:31:22Z 2020-12-31 Texto Sección o Parte de un Documento https://hdl.handle.net/11362/46933 LC/PUB.2021/4-P 10 en CEPAL Review - Special issue CEPAL Review 132 .pdf application/pdf
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topic COVID-19
VIRUS
EPIDEMIAS
ASPECTOS ECONOMICOS
ASPECTOS SOCIALES
ESTRUCTURA SOCIAL
CONDICIONES ECONOMICAS
LIBERALISMO
SALUD
POLITICA SANITARIA
EMPLEO
POLITICA DE EMPLEO
HORAS DE TRABAJO
POLITICA ECONOMICA
POLITICA SOCIAL
COVID-19
VIRUSES
EPIDEMICS
ECONOMIC ASPECTS
SOCIAL ASPECTS
SOCIAL STRUCTURE
ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
LIBERALISM
HEALTH
HEALTH POLICY
EMPLOYMENT
EMPLOYMENT POLICY
HOURS OF WORK
ECONOMIC POLICY
SOCIAL POLICY
spellingShingle COVID-19
VIRUS
EPIDEMIAS
ASPECTOS ECONOMICOS
ASPECTOS SOCIALES
ESTRUCTURA SOCIAL
CONDICIONES ECONOMICAS
LIBERALISMO
SALUD
POLITICA SANITARIA
EMPLEO
POLITICA DE EMPLEO
HORAS DE TRABAJO
POLITICA ECONOMICA
POLITICA SOCIAL
COVID-19
VIRUSES
EPIDEMICS
ECONOMIC ASPECTS
SOCIAL ASPECTS
SOCIAL STRUCTURE
ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
LIBERALISM
HEALTH
HEALTH POLICY
EMPLOYMENT
EMPLOYMENT POLICY
HOURS OF WORK
ECONOMIC POLICY
SOCIAL POLICY
Dosi, Giovanni
Unbridled liberalism and a pandemic: at a crossroads between techno authoritarianism and a new social order
description This paper analyses some of the trends in global capitalism prior to the pandemic and some specificities of the latter that are likely to place the global economy at a crossroads between maintaining the prevailing trend of techno authoritarianism in the governance of countries and a change in the social order. It describes the arrival of the pandemic amid increasing technologization and a fragile socioeconomic architecture, which has been deteriorating since the emergence of neoliberalism in the 1980s and, especially, since the 2008–2009 financial crisis. The major trends analysed are: globalization and the rise of China, wage stagnation and the gap between productivity and wages, along with the explosion in the rate of profit, in addition to (financial and non-financial) corporate profits and the convergence of artificial intelligence and automation. It also outlines a number of lessons to be learned from the pandemic.
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title Unbridled liberalism and a pandemic: at a crossroads between techno authoritarianism and a new social order
title_short Unbridled liberalism and a pandemic: at a crossroads between techno authoritarianism and a new social order
title_full Unbridled liberalism and a pandemic: at a crossroads between techno authoritarianism and a new social order
title_fullStr Unbridled liberalism and a pandemic: at a crossroads between techno authoritarianism and a new social order
title_full_unstemmed Unbridled liberalism and a pandemic: at a crossroads between techno authoritarianism and a new social order
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