Pandemic or Not, there is No Such Thing as “De-globalisation”
By Dato' Dr. Ooi Kee Beng
May 2021 PICKING ON THE PAST
WHILE THE COVID-19 pandemic is sometimes portrayed as globalisation hitting a wall, it has at the same time raised public consciousness that globalisation as a whole has gone beyond a point of no return. You see that paradox in how local remedies to the disruptions have to adopt at least a “glocal” context in order to be credible. This could be about the strengthening of local food security, or the developing of meaning and sustainable job markets, or even the...
Dato' Dr. Ooi Kee Beng
is the Executive Director of Penang Institute. His latest book is Signals in the Noise: Notes on Penang, Malaysia and the World (Singapore: Faction Press) Homepage: wikibeng.com.
