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COVID-19: The Great Reset

Summary

By Klaus Schwab and Thierry Malleret (2020), arguing that the COVID-19 pandemic presents an opportunity to reset global capitalism toward more sustainable, equitable, and resilient systems.

Core Contribution

Articulated the WEF's vision for post-pandemic global restructuring — stakeholder capitalism, ESG frameworks, and coordinated global governance — making it the central text of both reformist technocratic thought and anti-globalist conspiracy theories.

Key Spikes & Highlights

  • publication July 2020
  • viral conspiracy spread 2020-2021
  • Davos 2021 Great Reset theme
  • anti-WEF protests

Historical Influences

WEF stakeholder capitalism framework Klaus Schwab's The Fourth Industrial Revolution pandemic governance literature

Intellectual Lineage

No conceptual lineage found.

Allied Works

The Fourth Industrial Revolution Stakeholder Capitalism WEF Great Reset initiative

Contemporaries & Peers

The Fourth Industrial Revolution Surveillance CapitalismLive Not by Lies

Minds Influenced

Great Reset conspiracy discourseanti-WEF populist movementsESG investing debatespandemic policy discussions

Intellectual Posterity

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