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HARDtalk: Baroness Minouche Shafik: What do we owe each other?

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Baroness Minouche Shafik: What do we owe each other?

22/03/2021 GMT

BBC World Service - HARDtalk, Baroness Minouche Shafik: What do we owe each other?

The need for a new social contract that is less about 'me' and more about 'we'

Are we capable of putting the common good first in the face of rising inequality, a deepening climate crisis and the impact of the Covid
pandemic challenge?

The idea of a social contract between the individual and the state is a staple of political philosophy. But what happens when that contract is threatened by forces beyond the control of any government, like a climate crisis or, right now, a global pandemic? Stephen Sackur speaks to Baroness Minouche Shafik, director of the London School of Economics and former top official at the World Bank. Is humanity capable of collective action to meet global challenges?

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