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...
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...
Workers left out of government and business response to the coronavirus
Mar 23, 2020 07:34 am UTC| Economy Business
As the coronavirus crisis unfolds, workers and families around the country are finding out how weak the U.S. social safety net is. Nearly three-quarters of Americans live paycheck to paycheck. About 30% of the workforce...
Are the banks strong enough to withstand the coronavirus crash?
Mar 23, 2020 07:30 am UTC| Economy
One of the most visible outcomes of the COVID-19 crisis is the mayhem in the global stock markets. Between February 20 and March 19, the SP 500 index plunged from 3,373 to 2,409, the FTSE 250 from 21,866 to 12,830, and the...
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