Beyond life and death issues presented by COVID-19, is there a social phenomenon brewing?

We have had the Great Depression and the Great Recession. Are we entering the early days of the Great Reflection?

A man, pictured on March 27, 2020, wearing a protective mask walking past the Bank of Canada Museum in Ottawa. 'A lot of people are afraid of incoming bills that they won’t be able to pay. Is a consumer- and debt-driven life, sustained by ubiquitous marketing, the good life? Is choosing a life that needs to get an emergency bailout or loan deferral to survive a smart and sustainable choice,' asks columnist Michael Harris. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY MICHAEL HARRIS

April 6, 2020

HALIFAX—Beyond the life and death issues presented by COVID-19, is there a social phenomenon brewing? We have had the Great Depression and the Great Recession. Are we entering the early days of the Great Reflection? Socrates observed that the unexamined life is not worth living. His point was th...

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