The 24th Forum 2000 Conference, entitled “A New World Emerging? Restoring Responsibility and Solidarity”, will be held online from October 12-14, 2020. This year’s conference will discuss the need to restore responsibility and solidarity in a rapidly transforming world.
The Center on Global Economic Governance at Columbia University will cosponsor the Žofín Conversation, entitled "Can We Take Advantage of the Disaster? The Economic Priorities for a New World", on October 14th, from 8:45am-9:15am (EDT), featuring Jan Svejnar and Jeffrey D. Sachs.
Panel description: While it is still too early to assess the full global implications of the COVID-19 crisis, it is already clear that the era of “small government” fundamentalism inaugurated by British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and US President Ronald Reagan has come to an end. In responding to the economic fallout from the pandemic, many politicians from across the political spectrum have accepted that massive interventions by the state are necessary in order to prevent an economic and societal collapse. Moreover, there is a growing consensus that post-crisis policies will have to include reforms to broaden and strengthen the welfare state and public institutions. In all of these instances of proactive government action, how should policies be shaped – both in the short and the long term – to ensure effectiveness while avoiding the risks of authoritarianism and other possible negative side-effect of increased state power?
