The Wake-Up Call: Why the Pandemic Has Exposed the Weakness of the West, and How to Fix It [Audiobook]
English | September 15, 2020 | ASIN: B08BX9LPZK | MP3@64 kbps | 4h 28m | 104.56 MB
Author: John Micklethwait, Adrian Wooldridge
Narrator: Kristin Scott Thomas
An urgent and informed look at the challenges America and world governments will face in a post-Covid-19 world.
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.