Covid helped polarise us: we need to fix the divisions

by Sir Peter Gluckman
Crowd of people walking street wearing masks during covid19 coronavirus pandemic

The New Zealand Royal Commission of Inquiry on the Covid-19 pandemic report highlights that the pandemic’s consequences are prolonged and multidimensional.

In an opinion piece for BusinessDesk NZ, Sir Peter Gluckman says the report highlights the consequences to our societal well-being and it’s important that policymakers do not dismiss this element of the report: social capital is a liberal democracy’s core asset.

Read: Covid helped polarise us: we need to fix the divisions (paywall)

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