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A COVID-19 Emergency Response PlanWILSON, WYOMING – The COVID-19 epidemic is accelerating, and as the new coronavirus approaches
pandemic
status, it is increasingly likely that the economic impact will be severe.
A President Biden will enter office confronting widespread economic distress, the seasonal escalation of a deadly pandemic, and a brutal international environment.
Biden will inherit substantial legal authority to take measures to contain the pandemic; but Trump-appointed judges will push back when that authority conflicts with religious liberty and property rights, as they have already done when governors issued similar orders.
Around the world, far-right leaders’ responses to the
pandemic
feature key elements of fascist ideology.
Bolsonaro’s affinity for Trump has never been clearer than in his reaction to the
pandemic.
There, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, have used the
pandemic
to advance an ongoing campaign of demonization directed at India’s Muslim population.
Far from being cowed by the recent German constitutional court decision, the ECB should strengthen its bazooka to prevent the
pandemic
from causing even more damage.
But the
pandemic
will never be under control as long as there are still rising infection rates elsewhere in the world.
Thus, to combat the
pandemic
in the absence of a universally available vaccine, the virus also must be contained in poorer countries, all of which are woefully ill-equipped for the task.
In terms of finance, many developing and emerging economies already had stretched budgets and were borrowing to support economic growth prior to the
pandemic.
Assisting poorer countries is not just the right thing to do; it is also the only way to contain the
pandemic.
Five Principles for the PandemicBUENOS AIRES – The COVID-19
pandemic
has thrust the world into a health and economic crisis of a magnitude that few could have anticipated but that everyone must now confront – together.
To stop the
pandemic
and rescue the world’s economies, we must abide by five in particular.
Second, they must extend traditional unemployment insurance so that laid-off workers do not fall into penury before the
pandemic
ends.
The scientific work toward a vaccine and other treatments will be critical for reining in the
pandemic
and restoring economic activity.
Wall Street was ground zero for the 2008 crisis, while the COVID-19
pandemic
was spawned in the wet markets of Wuhan.
China’s
pandemic
response hints at a comparable outcome in the years ahead.
The simple fact is that some countries are far better equipped to respond to the COVID-19
pandemic
than others, and in a deeply interconnected global economy, no one can escape this crisis alone.
Remittances, a key source of income for millions of Latin American households, plummeted at the beginning of the pandemic, as expatriates lost their jobs and could no longer send money home.
Indeed, with financial markets and global value chains more integrated than at any time in human history, the effects of the COVID-19
pandemic
are already similar to those of the 1980s debt crisis or the Great Depression in the 1930s.
The triple-stop danger means action must be taken on multiple fronts, even as societies learn to live with the
pandemic
and possible future waves.
The faster countries contain the pandemic, the sooner they can restart their economies without multiple sudden stops and their crippling consequences.
Another potential consequence of the
pandemic
is less recognized but potentially more important: increased financial fragility, implying the potential for a debt crisis and even a broader financial collapse.
More than ever, the global community needs leadership to address the immediate effects of the coronavirus
pandemic
and its economic fallout.
Owing to the pandemic, the United Nations General Assembly this month is being held under exceptional circumstances, with heads of state participating “virtually” rather than traveling to New York City.
It is a poignant irony that the
pandemic
has struck on the UN’s 75th anniversary.
To be sure, this past July, I welcomed the UN Security Council’s unanimous adoption of Resolution 2532, which called for a global ceasefire to avert further humanitarian catastrophes in the context of the
pandemic.
Squabbles over semantics in the face of bloody conflicts and an unprecedented
pandemic
sent a terrible message to the global public.
If we fail to respond to the
pandemic
and other shared threats with a renewed sense of solidarity and collective action, we will have dishonored the victims of the virus and betrayed the hopes that the UN’s founding generation had for us.
Defying linear reasoning, the
pandemic
and climate change both force us to adapt to situations where a little more leeway results in a lot more damage.
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