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The edge of change

Amol Rajan and guests discuss how the coronavirus pandemic has created an opportunity to reshape our world.

Amol Rajan and an international panel of guests discuss how the coronavirus pandemic has created an opportunity to reshape our world. In nations across the globe, it exposes underlying tensions within and between communities - whether over inequality, age, wealth or nationalism. Does this brutal disease paradoxically create the conditions necessary for radical change in our societies, economies and international relations?

Contributors include:
Tony Blair, former British prime minister
Michelle Bachelet, former president of Chile
Kevin Rudd, former Australian prime minister
George Osborne, former British chancellor
Amani al-Khatahtbeh, author, tech entrepreneur and candidate for the United States House of Representatives
Zoltan Kovacs, Hungarian secretary of state for public diplomacy and relations

Producer: Ben Crighton
Researcher: Kirsteen Knight

Part of 大象传媒 radio鈥檚 Rethink week.

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50 minutes

Last on

Mon 22 Jun 2020 08:06GMT

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  • Mon 22 Jun 2020 08:06GMT

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