Weekend Reading, Watching and Listening Recommendations [April 1, 2022]

China’s New Slogan ‘Common Prosperity'; Disney’s Encanto Shows The True Power Of Representation; Vertical Farming & the Future of Food; What has led the West towards the crises of the last decade?

1. Read: What does China’s new slogan ‘common prosperity’ mean? How realistic is it, and what impact will this have on economic policy? Leading experts discuss what common prosperity is, and isn’t. [via CSIS]

2. Read: Disney’s Encanto Shows The True Power Of Representation [via WorldCrunch]

3. Listen: Vertical Farming and the Future of Food [via Azeem Azhar]

4. Watch: The story of disorder: What led us to the moment we’re living through, and what can we learn from it? Cambridge University Professor of Political Economy Helen Thompson examines the overlapping geopolitical and economic stories behind this singular moment in history, exploring how the crises we are experiencing have arisen from the structures designed to uphold the international order. [via the RSA]