Since the financial crisis of 2008, the State has arguably played a more salient role in the regulation of social relations as well as in the introduction of stricter rules on international trade and financial markets. As the COVID-19 pandemic emerged, public institutions around the world acquired extraordinary governing powers to organise social life with the rollout of massive vaccination campaigns, the establishment of social distancing measures, and the temporary closing of industries and shops in many places.

After decades of an economic consensus about the centrality of the Market in promoting well-being, in today’s political arena opposing groups represent socio-economic agendas that are potentially irreconcilable. How should we understand the relationship between State and Market after COVID-19? Who are the central actors in the current political game, and what positions do they defend before the Market? Are there communication channels to facilitate a productive dialogue between an empowered regulatory State and the corporate sector?

In our next Blended Webinar, 'State and Market after COVID-19', Aberje and King’s Brazil Institute invite you to join our team of specialists and discuss with us what would be the best way forward.

About the speakers

• Jonathan Portes (Professor of Economics and Public Policy at King's College London)
• Cecilia Tornaghi (Managing Editor of Americas Quarterly)
• Júnia Gama (Senior Political Analyst at XP Investimentos)

Moderators: Sebastián Ronderos (Aberje and FGV)

Curators: Daniel Alves (King's Brazil Institute) and Sebastián Ronderos (Aberje and FGV)

Supporters: Brazilian Chamber of Commerce in GB, Câmara Britânica de Comércio e Indústria no Brasil - Britcham, Canning House, Revista Problemas Brasileiros, and Um Brasil

Watch interviews with the speakers and submit your questions to the panel through the Aberje website.