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Coronavirus crisis: now is the hour of Modern Monetary Theory

Economist Peter Bofinger argues that MMT justifies a European ‘whatever it takes’ fiscal response — including eurobonds

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Belarus’ unorthodox corona response

In Europe's ‘last dictatorship’, the government’s strategy isn’t just motivated by medical reasons

By Artyom Shraibman

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Economic health and public health aren't equal

Despite Covid-19, Trump wants to put people back to work as soon as possible. This just illustrates a perverted sense of priorities in our societies

By Michael Davies-Venn

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Global quarantine II

Singapore is a poster boy in the fight against Covid-19, while existing inequalities are exacerbated in Bulgaria and Colombia

By Mirco Günther and Helene Kortländer and Kristina Birke Daniels

Reuters

Emergency powers are a gift to Europe’s autocrats

In Hungary, open-ended restrictions to combat Covid-19 may imperil democracy. The EU must show its ability to react

By Paul Hockenos

Reuters

How corona broke the system

The corona crisis sends shockwaves through political, economic and social systems. The status quo simply cannot continue

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Covid-19: Where's the EU?

So far, the EU has shown lacklustre corona crisis management. A view from Italy shows what needs to happen now

By Tobias Mörschel and Michael Braun and Luca Argenta

Reuters

Global quarantine

How do other countries react to the outbreak of the coronavirus? Dispatches from Russia, Vietnam and Argentina

The COVID-19 debt deluge

The pandemic may have already set the stage for a debt meltdown, starting in Asia's emerging and developing economies

By Jayati Ghosh

Reuters

The corona crisis will define our era

The pandemic has highlighted the frailties of a short-sighted and hyper-individualistic social system

By Karin Pettersson