Tag Archives: Covid-19

Back to normal? Debt and the future of the US economy

May 27, 2020

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The COVID-19 pandemic has hurled the economy of the United States into the deepest downturn in decades, with unemployment approaching 1930s levels, and the drop in GDP even exceeding that of the Great Depression, according to the New York Fed’s current estimate of -31%. Most analysts expect growth to resume rapidly once the crisis subsides, […]

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COVID-19: Lessons from Lombardy

April 27, 2020

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Two months after the start of the coronavirus epidemic in Italy, some important lessons can be learned from the response to the crisis in the northern regions of the country. In Lombardy, one of the hardest-hit areas in the entire world, public officials insist they did everything possible to contain the outbreak from the start, […]

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Il Covid-19 cambia il rapporto fra Usa e Cina?

April 24, 2020

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Coast Guard escorts USNS Comfort into New York Harbor

(free) – di Paolo Balmas – In questi giorni, assistiamo a una gara di soft power fra la Cina e gli Usa. La prima cerca di dimostrare al mondo quanto sia un partner affidabile e quanto la salute dei suoi partner commerciali le stia a cuore, inviando aiuti sanitari a vari paesi in Occidente. Il […]

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La risposta economica alla crisi

March 28, 2020

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– di Andrew Spannaus – Con le misure ristrettive adottate per combattere il Covid-19 l’attività economica sta subendo un colpo fortissimo. In Italia, seppur non si siano viste chiusure delle fabbriche quanto in Cina, di fatto con le persone chiuse in casa ovviamente molti settori sono in pausa. Se da una parte si spera che […]

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