UNDERSTANDING THE CRISIS PART 4: What are governments for? Christine Berry & Jeremy Gilbert #TWT20

The World Transformed

For the past 40 years, we’ve been told that governments can’t do much to change our lives: they can’t fix climate change, they can’t make housing cheaper, they can’t care for the old or educate the young properly. Suddenly this year, we learned that they can manage a complete alteration of every aspect of our lives in a matter of weeks. How come?