The devastating force of neoliberalism has accelerated during the pandemic. Employment has shifted from conventional jobs to "gig" jobs that provide no security. Meanwhile, the accessibility and proliferation of new technologies have intensified the sense that cultural workers—artists, musicians, photographers, filmmakers, communicators...even clergy—should offer their labor for free, since the fruits of such labor seem astonishingly abundant on the web.

US billionaires gain over $1 trillion in wealth during this pandemic. Meanwhile, precarity rises and creative work is devalued. What can we do to nurture a different economy? A better society that honors the contributions of its people?