“The corona shock: the virus, an almost black swan and a changed world” By Prof. Dr. Henning Vöpel, courtesy of HWWI The ultimate system shock For a globalized and permissive society it is the ultimate, the greatest conceivable state of emergency: from one hundred to zero, from unlimited freedom of movement to […]
Author: Erik Sass
The coronavirus and the bubble economy
By Olivier Kessler, courtesy of ECAEF Chances are that the current stock market drama will go down in the history books as a “corona crash”. Focusing on the trigger, however, would overlook something essential. In retrospect, the complex and opaque developments in history are often reduced to a few specific events. This corresponds to […]
Corona downturn and NHS disruptions will hit elderly, low-income hardest
Courtesy of IFS The coronavirus pandemic poses clear and obvious dangers to the health of individuals who are infected with the virus. But worsening economic conditions and disruptions to NHS services will have important and far-reaching consequences for the health of the broader population. New briefings from researchers at the Institute for Fiscal […]
Does COVID-19 pose a threat to the EU’s climate neutrality efforts?
By Sofia López Piqueres, courtesy of EPC There is a real danger that the COVID-19 crisis will derail the Union’s climate efforts. But rather than use the current situation as an excuse not to act, EU leaders need to show statesmanship now more than ever by daring to tackle the climate, health and […]
Businesses Combat COVID-19
By Chris Edwards, courtesy of the Cato Institute The economics news is dismal with reports every day of shutdowns, layoffs, and furloughs. More than 16 million Americans have been thrown out of work so far, and we have entered the worst downturn since the Great Depression of the 1930s. Yet amid […]
Will SURE Shield EU Workers from the Corona Crisis?
By Cinzia Alcidi and Francesco Corti, courtesy of CEPS Since the first cases of COVID-19 contagion, the European Commission has undertaken several initiatives to offer member states financial support to face the crisis. The last intervention came on April 1st, when Commission President von der Leyen proposed the creation of a temporary […]
Digital Marketing in a Pandemic
By Mark Campbell and William Collier The COVID-19 pandemic is massively disruptive, and one of the major disruptions is coming from how people communicate and what they expect online. We are seeing anecdotal shifts among our clients and fellow professionals in the digital communications space. But we are also looking at traffic trends […]
Breaking Free in NYC
Dr. Alexander Goerlach, Senior Fellow, Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs Last Sunday, after three weeks in quarantine, I got on my bicycle and rode from Long Island City to Manhattan over the Queensboro Bridge. Like many other people, I cross the bridge daily in normal times. On the Long Island City […]
Attach green conditions to recovery aid, say environmentalists
“A Green Recovery” By Dirk Schoenmaker, courtesy of the Bruegel Institute Governments have multiple goals including economic growth, social inclusion and environmental preservation (Schoenmaker, 2020). The COVID-19 pandemic has had a sharp negative impact on the economic and social fronts (deteriorating health, reduced income and job losses). By contrast, environmental performance […]
The COVID Crisis Shows American Resilience at Its Finest
By Oliver McPherson-Smith, American Consumer Institute With the nation in shut down until April 30, most Americans are enduring an unprecedented disruption to their daily routines. To make safe social distancing possible, however, countless workers continue to keep supply chains moving. In addition to the frontline medical professionals who are treating COVID-19 patients, it […]