Three Responses to the Crisis
(2020) Green European Journal — Vol. 20, p. 10-17 (2020)
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De Munck, Jean 
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- (en) Different approaches to the pandemic are showing the strengths of different systems. In the United States, right-wing populists mixed wishful thinking about the virus’s longevity with opportunistic moves to increase corporate power and paid the price at the ballot box. Elsewhere, authoritarian regimes have shown themselves capable of containing a virus, but at what cost to freedom? The European welfare state offers an alternative, providing protection while balancing the collective and the individual. Though severely tested by the current crisis and undermined by years of austerity, it remains the key institution for a fair, green future.
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De Munck, J. (2020). Three Responses to the Crisis. Green European Journal, 20, 10-17. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/122659 (Original work published 2020)