Zakaria, Fareed

"The CNN host and best-selling author explores the revolutions--past and present--that define the polarized and unstable age in which we live"--Provided by publisher.

"COVID-19 is speeding up history, but how? What is the shape of the world to come? Lenin once said, "There are decades when nothing happens and weeks when decades happen." This is one of those times when history has sped up. CNN host and best-selling author Fareed Zakaria helps readers to understand the nature of a post-pandemic world: the political, social, technological, and economic consequences that may take years to unfold. Written in the form of ten "lessons," covering topics from natural and biological risks to the rise of "digital life" to an emerging bipolar world order, Zakaria helps readers to begin thinking beyond the immediate effects of COVID-19. Ten Lessons for a Post-Pandemic World speaks to past, present, and future, and, while urgent and timely, is sure to become an enduring reflection on life in the early twenty-first century"--.

Argues for the value of a liberal arts education: how to write clearly, express a convincing argument, and think analytically; points out that specific vocational knowledge becomes rapidly outdated and many jobs get automated or outsourced; and discusses skills that are needed, including lateral thinking, design, communication, and the ability to learn new things.

The author describes a world where the United States will no longer dominate the global economy, maintaining that the economic growth of other nations like China, India, and Russia have challenged America's standing around the world.

The author calls for a restoration of the balance between liberty and democracy, arguing that while democracy is flourishing around the world, liberty is not, with elections often bringing to power intolerant, reactionary, anti-Western, and anti-Semitic regimes.

Argues that in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis, the American government needs to transform its global strategy and learn to share power, create coalitions, build legitimacy, and define the global agenda in order to recover its political, economic, and social standing on the world stage.