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The focus now will be on his handling of the pandemic and reopening of the economy.
And now the COVID-19 pandemic is driving home this fundamental point: each of us is morally responsible for the infection risks we pose to others through our own behavior.
In fact, this pandemic is just one of many collective-action problems facing humankind, including climate change, catastrophic biodiversity loss, antimicrobial resistance, nuclear tensions fueled by escalating geopolitical uncertainty, and even potential threats such as a collision with an asteroid.
The COVID-19 pandemic may make it harder to ignore.
Just as a spider’s web crumples when a few strands are broken, so the pandemic has highlighted the risks arising from our economic interdependence.
Even before the pandemic struck, the Indian economy had been slowing significantly for several years under Modi’s leadership.
Sadly, and despite scoring this own goal, Modi’s government is now repeating its mistake in the midst of the pandemic.
Worse, Modi’s administration is passing all responsibility for dealing with the pandemic and its consequences to India’s state (provincial) governments, but providing them with no additional resources to do this.
And it has already declared that it will make wide-ranging expenditure cuts to compensate for the small amounts it has allocated to tackle the pandemic, so its fiscal-policy stance over the course of the year is likely to remain counterproductive.
But will this bridging operation, already deployed for several years to compensate for other headwinds, be sufficient to overcome what is an increasingly complex pandemic cocktail?
This policymaking uncertainty is being magnified by the larger struggle to meet the three main objectives of the pandemic era: maintaining public health and protecting citizens; avoiding further damage to the social fabric, economic welfare, and financial viability; and minimizing restrictions, also in the interest of avoiding “pandemic fatigue.”
Italy, still the hardest-hit EU economy a decade after the euro crisis – with the lowest growth potential, the largest public debt, the least fiscal space, and the most fragile of politics – has suffered an appalling human toll from the pandemic.
The economic implosion caused by the pandemic will spread the suffering even further.
What is new is that, during this pandemic, the call for Eurobonds was couched in terms of solidarity with the stricken southerners.
In addition to the pandemic and geopolitical tensions, the world is also confronting the climate crisis, the balkanization of the global economy, and the far-reaching technological disruptions brought on by digitization and artificial intelligence.
Though Russia fell off the Western media’s radar during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, it is now back in the limelight.
Western media outlets have also been busy examining Russia’s own experience with the pandemic, questioning its seemingly low infection and mortality rates.
As the Trump administration and congressional Republicans seek to blame China for the pandemic, they should take note of the Democrats’ own experiences obsessing over Russia.
Investing in a Feminist PeaceNEW YORK – During the COVID-19 pandemic, public life in much of the world has largely ground to a halt.
The pandemic has highlighted the critical importance of other services as well.
In addition, governments should be ensuring adequate supplies of medical and personal protective equipment, which have often run out during the pandemic, even in the world’s richest countries.
NEW YORK – A safe and effective vaccine could play a significant role in mitigating the COVID-19 pandemic.
Guidelines for allocating vaccines during an influenza pandemic, released in 2018 by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, would place certain national-security personnel at the top of the list, alongside health-care workers.
The COVID Shock to the DollarNEW HAVEN – Pandemic time runs at warp speed.
Heading into the pandemic, America’s net domestic saving rate – the combined depreciation-adjusted saving of households, businesses, and the government sector – stood at just 1.4% of national income, falling back to the post-crisis low of late 2011.
The pandemic could accelerate this process, as it gives governments a compelling justification for forcing companies within their jurisdiction to control content and hand over data.
The latest assessments of 11 tech and telecom companies, though carried out before the pandemic, provide valuable lessons for companies attempting to navigate new pressures – well-intended or otherwise – from governments.
Restricting such networks threatens emergency services, limits access to vital public-health information, and blocks the provision of life-saving telemedicine, making it a particularly dangerous policy during a pandemic.
Governments often have compelling reasons – a pandemic, terrorism, child exploitation, and cybercrime, to name a few – to pressure companies to hand over data.
Instead of conceding that an effective pandemic response requires infringing freedom of expression and privacy rights, companies must recognize that civil liberties are critical enablers of global health, and act accordingly – even when governments don’t.
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