23 November 2020
Episode 2301
20 minutes
With Monocle’s annual Soft Power Survey hitting newsstands on Thursday, Andrew Tuck and Fernando Augusto Pacheco ask what soft power is in the time of coronavirus. Plus: race in Brazil and bricks-and-mortar retail.
23 November 2020
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