Professor James Robinson’s live webinar included a talk on “The Narrow Corridor: Implications for Covid-19”, followed by questions and discussions.
The webinar was live-streamed on Nile University‘s Facebook page on Thursday, 2nd of July 2020, 7:00-9:00 pm, Cairo time.
Title: The Narrow Corridor: Implications for Covid-19.
Abstract: In our new book The Narrow Corridor, Daron Acemoglu and I emphasize that to create inclusive and prosperous societies it is important to simultaneously build a strong state and a strong society. As these emerge and compete, they both accumulate strength. It is this process, what we call the Red Queen Effect, which builds effective and accountable states and inclusive outcomes. Having developed this framework I consider what impact the Covid-19 crisis is having on the balance between state and society and whether or not it is making it more difficult or easier for different countries to get into the Narrow Corridor in which the Red Queen Effect operates.