Seniors Program Chicago – Book Club – Call-In Only: Shutdown: How Covid Shook the World’s Economy
This program will take place over-the-phone.
Please direct all program inquiries and RSVPs to Melissa Wittenberg at T: (847) 510-2060 or melissa.wittenberg@chicagolighthouse.org.
CALL-IN INSTRUCTIONS: After you RSVP for any/all programs that you’d like to participate in, here’s how to call into each of the programs – we will use the same call-in number for all programs: To join any of the programs over-the-phone, dial 872-242-7995. It will then ask you to enter the Conference ID 737 107 407 followed by #. It will ask if you are the meeting organizer and since you are not, continue waiting and shortly after that you will be admitted into the program.
Most participants will use the free Talking Books player. The audio book player will be mailed to you at no cost, as well as all audio books. We can help you complete an application if you are not yet enrolled in the program. Please RSVP to Melissa in advance of the program at: (847) 510-2060.
Bob Rosol chose the nonfiction title, Shutdown: How Covid Shook the World’s Economy, by Adam Tooze listening time, 12.5 hours, book #DB105070 in the TBBS catalog. The shocks of 2020 have been great & small, disrupting the world economy, international relations & the daily lives of virtually everyone on the planet. Never before has the entire world economy contracted by 20 percent in a matter of weeks nor in the historic record of modern capitalism has there been a moment in which 95% of the world’s economies were suffering all at the same time. Across the world hundreds of millions have lost their jobs. And over it all looms the specter of pandemic, & death. Adam Tooze brings his analytical & narrative skills to a panoramic & synthetic overview of our current crisis. By focusing on finance & business, he sets the pandemic story in a frame that casts a sobering new light on how unprepared the world was to fight the crisis, & how deep the ruptures in our way of living & doing business are.
RSVP with Melissa at: (847) 510-2060.
