Rescue

Critics Review

• A hopeful book . . . Goldin makes the case that this may be the moment when we reshape our individual and collective destiny

  Financial Times

• Ian Goldin gives us a bold, compelling account of the lessons of the pandemic: after four decades of neoliberal market thinking, big government is back. Only an activist state can deal with inequality, climate change, and future pandemics. This important book shows that we need not a “reset” but a fundamental rethinking of capitalism if we are to build more just, resilient societies.

  Michael J. Sandel, author of The Tyranny of Merit: What's Become of the Common Good?

• A fresh and penetrating insight from one of the great authorities on globalisation into what’s gone wrong with our world and what needs to be put right.

  Gordon Brown, United Nations Special Envoy for Global Education and former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

• Essential reading for anyone interested in making the world a better place. Rescue provides an urgently needed roadmap for us all.

  Arianna Huffington, Founder & CEO, Thrive Global

• Rescue gives us hope that we can come together to build forward better and shape societies and economies that are fairer, greener and more inclusive. Ian Goldin’s prescriptions for investing in people and the planet, and with strong international cooperation, show us how we can create a world that works for all.

  Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund

• Ian Goldin offers an insightful perspective on the injustices and crises besetting today’s world. His book deserves wide readership – indeed one would like to hope that his wisdom will influence the political leaders who confront the challenge of “building back better” after Covid-19.

  Lord Martin Rees, Astronomer Royal

• Ian Goldin’s Rescue is an optimistic and insightful analysis of the pros as well as the cons of the pandemic and seeks to assess its potential to reshape our lives for the better. To paraphrase his words and the essence of the title – can the pandemic go down in history as the event that rescued humanity? Goldin brings statistics alive in this optimistic analysis of the positive as well as the negative impact of the pandemic – it is a beacon of hope for the future.

  Lord Norman Foster

• This well-researched book shows us what is wrong with our current economic model and provides a convincing clarion call for change after the pandemic.

  Baroness Minouche Shafik, Director, London School of Economics

• Professor Ian Goldin is mapping the short- and long-term consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic in his excellent book Rescue. We know that some negative effects will linger for a long time in our societies and economies, but there is also hope of a brighter future. Professor Goldin points out that something better can come out of this if we make a joint effort to reset our communities on a more sustainable path. This well-written book gives hope of a better future.

  Cécilia Malmström, former European Commissioner for Trade

• In this broad-ranging book, Ian Goldin aptly views the West’s failure to address at all adequately the Covid-19 virus as emblematic of widespread national failures. To get out of this dystopia, he argues, nations will have to create nothing less than “a different operating system” and they must cooperate far more than in the past. This radical book is a must-read.

  Professor Edmund Phelps, economist and Nobel Laureate

• Rescue is a wise and hopeful book. As the world begins to emerge from the Covid-19 pandemic, Ian Goldin has assembled an extraordinary range of data to assess its impact and identify opportunities for transformative change. Just the tonic weary readers need!

  Professor Anne-Marie Slaughter, CEO of New America