The great reanimation

The purpose of this paper is to highlight the ways in which long running secular trends and the COVID-19 pandemic have combined to re-energize labor movements and pushed political thinking to the left.

A review of emerging trends in public opinion and labor action to identify some critical tipping points.

There is a critical shift unfolding in which government intervention to stem income inequality is becoming politically acceptable.

To the best of the author’s knowledge, there have been few, if any comparable discussions of the relationship between the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the political will to stem income inequality and the implications for corporate behavior.