The Coronavirus and Our Future | The New Yorker
We’re trying, despite many obstacles, to flatten the curve—to avoid mass death. Doing this, we know that we’re living in a moment of historic importance.
The Coronavirus Crisis Has Changed Money Forever
The economic consequences of the lockdowns put in place to try to contain the spread of the coronavirus will stretch well into this century and the way money is created, distributed and spent will, for better or worse, never be the same.
Beware Russian and Chinese Positioning for After the Pandemic | Chatham House
Authoritarian regimes can use the COVID-19 crisis to improve their international standing, taking advantage of others’ distraction.
How the World Will Look After the Coronavirus Pandemic | Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
This much is certain: Just as this disease has shattered lives, disrupted markets and exposed the competence (or lack thereof) of governments, it will lead to permanent shifts in political and economic power in ways that will become apparent only later.
MR Online | Coronavirus: A disaster of capitalism’s making
From the beginning, medical experts were clear that they simply did not know how bad or otherwise the virus was, yet many non-experts seemed to have an opinion.
Arundhati Roy: ‘The pandemic is a portal’ | Free to read | Financial Times
Even while the virus proliferates, who could not be thrilled by the swell of birdsong in cities, peacocks dancing at traffic crossings and the silence in the skies?
Coronavirus Live News and Updates – The New York Times
The latest federal data revealed 20.5 million jobs lost in April, and unemployment rivaling the Great Depression. A program to provide loans to small businesses ran dry. President Trump will be tested daily after a valet fell ill.
The Next Gauge of the Economy Will Be Corporate Earnings – The New York Times
Over all, analysts at Goldman Sachs forecast that earnings of companies in the S&P 500 will decline by 33 percent this year, but then surge by more than 50 percent in 2021.
Spies Are Fighting a Shadow War Against the Coronavirus Pandemic
Intelligence agencies will play a growing role in keeping their countries safe during the pandemic—by any means necessary.
How Beijing Exploits Inflammatory ‘China Virus’ Rhetoric – Alliance For Securing Democracy
Beijing’s information strategy appears to have changed in recent weeks — one of many facets of geopolitics the coronavirus has upended in its wake. How that strategy unfolds — including whether these changes stick or constitute a one-time departure — and how the United States engages will have implications for the contest between democrats and autocrats.