The six mega challenges testing leaders at a time of national and global crisis

Mar 26, 2020 16:04 pm UTC| Politics Economy

The COVID-19 pandemic is an extreme crisis that puts government under severe pressure. It puts the political judgement of the president or prime minister under the most intense spotlight. Not since the height of the Cold...

Coronavirus and the global economy: yes, there really is cause for optimism

Mar 26, 2020 16:02 pm UTC| Economy

Stock markets are rebounding on the back of the newly agreed US$2 trillion American fiscal stimulus plan. It comes after a week that was the worst in history for the Dow and many others around the world. My impression is...

Public spaces bind cities together. What happens when coronavirus forces us apart?

Mar 26, 2020 15:53 pm UTC| Economy

In modern cities, our public spaces represent our shared values. They are our common assets, owned, maintained and used by all members of our society. The outbreak of coronavirus and its immediate impacts, such as social...

We are entering a recession – but what did we learn from the last one?

Mar 23, 2020 12:15 pm UTC| Economy

As the coronavirus continues to spread around the world, it is abundantly clear that the global economy is entering a recession the first weve seen since 2008. Some officials have compared the last period of economic...

Coronavirus threat reveals the flaws in India's health system

Mar 23, 2020 12:15 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy

While the number of reported cases of the new coronavirus in India remains in the low hundreds, concerns are already growing about the capacity of its healthcare system to deal with the potential threat. This is a major...

Australian government's new $66 billion package will take coronavirus economic life support to $189 billion

Mar 23, 2020 07:37 am UTC| Economy

Small and medium-sized businesses will get up to $100,000 in cash payments in the governments second stage of emergency assistance, worth a huge $66 billion, to cushion businesses and individuals as the coronavirus cuts a...

Coronavirus: locked-down Italy's changing urban space embraces the online aperitivo

Mar 23, 2020 07:36 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy

The past days have seen a dramatic transformation of Italys urban space. With the population under orders not to leave home apart from for specific needs, cities and villages have undergone a kind of desertification. As...