The Covid-19 Crisis: Global Competitive (Geo)Politics, Labour Regimes and the Case of Greece

ABSTRACT

The Covid-19 pandemic, seen in the form of a historical continuum of crises in the Euro-Atlantic core after the global financial crisis and the Eurozone crisis, has undermined the fundamentals of neo-ordo-liberal globalisation and the so-called "4th industrial revolution”. Whilst underlining the relative decline of the USA and, more broadly, the Euro-Atlantic economies, the measures undertaken by the states of the global North for dealing with the pandemic increase global (geo) political competition. Further, these measures only marginally protect labour conditions despite immense injections of cash into economy. As a result of these measures, public debt has increased, especially in Greece. This article outlines the implications of the pandemic upon global (geo)politics and labour regimes and pays particular attention to the case of Greece, the weakest economy in the Eurozone. © 2023, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.