What would a post-COVID-19 social security system look like, and how might it be built? Now is the time to explore alternative ways forward

There is an urgent need to rethink not just the social security system but also who is involved in relevant policy discussions and decisions, argue Jim Kaufman and Ruth Patrick. They write that the temporary changes to the system introduced during the pandemic, and the debates they generated, offer an opportunity to push for this to be a more inclusive and expansive conversation.