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Emma Planinc

Assistant professor of political science in the Program of Liberal Studies at the University of Notre Dame
pls.nd.edu/faculty-and-staff/emma-planinc/
Democracy

Could a Form of “Liberal Fascism” Help Solve the World’s Problems?

Rediscovering H. G. Wells

December 14, 2020 • by Emma Planinc
In September 2020, in conjunction with the annual meeting of the United Nations, the World Economic Forum organized a summit meeting on what its leader, Klaus Schwab, was calling “The Great Reset.” The Forum convened leaders “from government, business, international organizations and civil society along with a diverse group of ...
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