The current pandemic has shown the immense brittleness and vulnerability of the world’s economy. Extended supply chains have collapsed, many staples are in short supply, and life-saving healthcare in many countries is being rationed. In plotting a course forward, should world leaders aim for a return to an economic system that was so easily and greatly damaged, or should they consider this an opportunity to re-think just what an economy should look like, and how it should function? And how do reporters examine this significant question? 

Economic recovery is one of the biggest long-term stories facing journalists, and the world, right now. Join our conversation on Friday at noon with three of the world’s leading minds working in this sphere – ecological economist Jon Erickson from the University of Vermont, social economist Juliet Schor from Boston College, and interdisciplinary scholar Nate Hagens with the Post Carbon Institute. The conversation will…