Renovating Democracy with Nicolas Berggruen, Reid Hoffman and Nathan Gardels
- Date: April 26, 2019
Across the globe, democratic governance is under assault. The rise of populism in the West, and the rise of China in the East, have stirred a rethinking of how democratic systems work—and how they failed their citizens by not addressing the dislocation of globalization and the rapid disruption of technological change.
Yet, despite the increasing attention paid to the impact of globalism and digital capitalism, few concrete solutions that use technology and apply the realities of globalization have been offered to close the stark divide between the haves and the have-nots. Little has been done to repair the damaged social contract in countries around the world. The Berggruen Institute, the innovative California think tank, is answering this challenge with their new book, Renovating Democracy.
Berggruen Institute founders Nicolas Berggruen and Nathan Gardels challenge us to conceive of an alternative framework for governance. To truly renovate our global systems, the authors argue for empowering participation without populism by integrating social networks and direct democracy into the system. They outline steps for harnessing globalization through positive nationalism at home while advocating for global cooperation—specifically with a Chinese partnership—to create a viable rules-based world order.
In a special Saturday appearance at The Commonwealth Club, just weeks before critical elections in Europe where populists are pushing for more power, Berggruen, Gardels and Berggruen Institute board member Reid Hoffman, co-founder of LinkedIn, will discuss this new approach to governance and why such a forward-looking approach is so critically needed.
Video Highlights:
Universal Income Is a Handout, but Universal Basic Capital Is Ownership
Data Sharing Can Be a Solution to Income Inequality
Predistribution In Practice: How Would This Economic System Actually Work?
How Elections Actually Corrupt the Democratic Process
The Age of Social Media and It’s Impact on Democracy
An Introduction to the American Governance System and the Founding Fathers Views on Democracy
Reid Hoffman Asks “Why Renovate Democracy?”
Nicolas Berggruen Explains the Work of the Berggruen Institute
“Positive Nationalism”
Nathan Gardels Explains “Predistribution”
Nathan Gardels Explains “Participation Without Populism”
