Dillon Wamsley is a postdoctoral fellow at the Sheffield Political Economy Research Institute. His research draws on political economy and state theory and examines the politics of macroeconomic governance in capitalist democracies.
Despite now pushing for a more assertive economic agenda, center-left parties worldwide are on the defensive. Their vulnerability? They helped create the very neoliberal order they now claim to challenge.
Canada’s Pierre Poilievre is attempting to refashion ruling-class ideas as populist politics. He has no actual solutions for our current crises. But in today’s political environment, his message may resonate — and the consequences could be disastrous.
As health systems around the world are thrown into crisis, tech firms are winning lucrative government contracts to roll out spurious apps and digital services. We need technological innovation to combat this pandemic, but it must be administered publicly to prevent the further commodification of our health care.