Book Launch & Panel Discussion: Covid-19 and the Structural Crisis of Our Time

[WATCH IT HERE] Book Launch & Panel Discussion: Covid-19 and the Structural Crisis of Our Time

This book is not just about the Covid-19 pandemic. It analyses the multiple crises confronting humanity today – ecological, health, economic, financial and political crises. How do we make sense of all these structural crises, not to mention the current geo-political crises, confronting us?

Environmental crises as manifested in climate change and loss of biodiversity threaten human existence. Deforestation, abusive land use and large-scale industrial farming contributed to zoonoses and pandemics. Rapacious financialisation of the economy aided by market-dependent central banks led to regular financial and economic crises over the last four decades. Wealth and social equality reaching historical levels created ideal conditions for political polarization, populism and protests.

Panelists:

● Dr Lim Mah Hui, Author of the Book & Chairman of the Third World Network
● Dr Shahridan Faiez, Principal Advisor, Think City & Former Senior Social Development Specialist, World Bank
● Dr Chee Heng Leng, Independent Researcher and Social Activist