The wake-up call : why the pandemic has exposed the weakness of the West, and how to fix it / John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Micklethwait, John, author.

Wooldridge, Adrian, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Comparative government.

Quarantine--Political aspects--Western countries--History--21st century.

Quarantine.

Quarantine--Political aspects--East Asia--History--21st century.

Politics and government.

History.

Western countries--Politics and government--21st century.

Western countries.

East Asia--Politics and government--21st century.

East Asia.

Physical Description:

167 pages ; 22 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : HarperVia, [2020]

Summary:

The Covid-19 pandemic has revealed that governments matter again, that competent leadership is the difference between living and dying. A few governments proved adept at handling the crisis while many others failed. Are Western governments healthy and strong enough to keep their citizens safe from another virulent virus?and protect their economies from collapse? Is global leadership passing from the United States to Asia?and particularly China? The Wake-Up Call addresses these urgent questions. Journalists and longtime collaborators John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge identify the problems Western leaders face, and outline a detailed plan to help them become more vigilant, better prepared, and responsive to disruptive future events. The problems that face us are enormous; as The Wake-Up Call makes clear, governments around the world must re-engineer the way they operate to successfully meet the challenges ahead.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: ch. One The rise of the west

ch. Two The Decline Of The West

ch. Three The Overloaded State

ch. Four The Covid Test

ch. Five The Morbid Symptoms

ch. Six What Would Bill Lincoln Do?.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-167).

ISBN:

9780063065291

0063065290

OCLC:

1196908068