Reimagining Globalization: Plausible Futures

Coarsening political discourse, loss of civility within and among societies, diminishing confidence in political institutions, and unraveling of the social contract characterize our fraught times. We are ensconced in a state of acute social malaise, a pathological condition that began before the coronavirus pandemic. Its symptoms are morbidities of globalized capitalism in the twenty-first century. Wanting is sufficient creative reflection on reimagining a form of globalization that would serve human needs in a just and equitable manner.¹ Thinking anew about temporality and achieving an ethical future are sorely needed. Reimagining the future requires exploring origination. A central question is, where