This article is part of the The Jobs Reset Summit

• Pope Francis has issued a scathing indictment of neoliberalism.
• The pope blames the ‘dogma’ of neoliberal economics for making us more vulnerable to COVID-19.
• He calls for greater multilateral cooperation and a focus on human dignity.

“The story did not end the way it was meant to,” Pope Francis wrote recently, deftly excommunicating about a half-century’s worth of economic ideology.

In a striking, 43,000-word-long encyclical published last Sunday, the pope put his stamp on efforts to shape what's been termed a Great Reset of the global economy in response to the devastation of COVID-19.

The “story” he’s referring to is neoliberalism, a philosophy espousing austerity, privatization, deregulation, unbridled markets, and relatively weak labour laws. While it’s been faithfully told through innumerable economists and policy-makers since the 1970s, and put into practice in prominent ways, the pope believes this tale has now worn thin. He is not alone.