Post-Corona Capitalism

Andreas Nölke is Professor of Political Science at Goethe University Frankfurt.

• 1. Introduction: Confronting a Multidimensional Crisis of CapitalismPart 1: Capitalism and Society2. Health Systems: Private or Public?3. Welfare State: Restoration or Universal Basic Income?4. Reproductive Work: Positive Re-evaluation or the Same Old Neglect?5. Gendered Occupations: Equality or Back to Traditional Patterns?6. Migration: Closed Borders or Open Doors?7. Inequality: Increase or Reduction?Part 2: Domestic Institutions of Capitalism on the Demand Side8. Monetary Policy: Democratic or Technocratic?9. Fiscal Policy: Absolute Ceiling or no Limits to Deficit Spending?10. Tax Policy: Conventional or Unconventional Measures?11. Industrial Policy: Laissez-faire or State Leadership?Part 3: Domestic Institutions of Capitalism on the Supply Side12. Corporate Governance: Public Responsibility or Shareholder Value?13. Finance: Fragile or Stable?14. Industrial Relations and Training: Strengthening or Weakening of Unions?15. Innovation: Frugal or Radical?16. Competition Policy: Economic Concentration as Vice or Virtue?Part 4: The International Institutions of Capitalism17. Global Production Networks: Diversification or Reshoring?18. Foreign Direct Investment: Promotion or Restriction?19. Investor–State Dispute Settlement: Business as Usual or Moratorium?20. Trade Policy: Liberalism or Protectionism?21. Intellectual Property Rights: Global Commons for Vaccines or Private Property?22. Global Health Governance: Intergovernmental or Private–Public Networks?23. Foreign Debt in the Global South: Permanent Write-off or Temporary Relief?Part 5: Anthropocene Capitalism24. Climate Change: Cheap Dirty Energy or Green New Deal?25. Degrowth: Necessity or Fantasy?26. Agriculture: Global Supply Chains or Local Community Support?Part 6: Geo-economic Shifts in Global Capitalism27. China–US Struggle for Global Economic Hegemony: Contender or Incumbent?28. EU Economic Governance: Erosion or Integration?29. The Political Economy of Security: Less or More Protection?Part 7: Ideologies in Contemporary Capitalism30. Authoritarian or Democratic Capitalism?31. Liberal or Organized Capitalism?32. Communitarian or Cosmopolitan Capitalism?33. Conclusion: Competing Visions of Capitalism and their Perspectives