After the Virus: Lessons from the Past for a Better Future

When: Wednesday, November 17, 2021, 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Where: Online

Our panel of experts have a discussion based on the themes of the book.

Hilary Cooper and Simon Szreter have published a powerful manifesto for change post-Covid-19. It argues that the world needs ‘a new morality’ to recover from the pandemic and to prepare for future crises - and that Britain’s own history points the way.

In 'After the Virus', they show how decades of neoliberalism and austerity left us vulnerable to the effects of Covid-19; they show how important history is for British and global public policy today, going back 400 years to look at Elizabeth I’s innovative Poor Laws, the world’s first universal welfare system; and they present practical proposals, inspired by our own history, that will promote a morality of nurturing, not exploiting, people and the planet.

Panel:

Hilary Cooper - Former government economist and senior policymaker and Co-Author of 'After the Virus'.

Dan Corry – Former head of the Number 10 Policy Unit under Gordon Brown and CEO at New Philanthropy Capital.

Sophie Harman - Professor of International Politics at Queen Mary University of London.

Simon Szreter - Professor of History and Public Policy at the University of Cambridge and Co-Author of 'After the Virus'.

Chair:

Patrick Diamond – Director of the Mile End Institute and Associate Professor of Public Policy at Queen Mary University of London.

A recording of the webinar can be found on our YouTube Channel.