'Quo Vadis' the Post-pandemic World?

摘要

On 11 March 2020, the World Health Organisation declared Covid-19 as a global pandemic. It was merely an official acknowledgement of the reality that nations and populations were already experiencing. Suddenly, the world came to a shuddering stop as the focus shifted, rightly, to combating the virus and saving lives. There is little need for me to go into great detail here about the threat posed by this pathogen to our lives and its impact on economic livelihoods. Instead, I would like to focus on the fundamental question of where do we go from here? As the world takes frantic steps to recover from this devastating body blow, will it be a return to "business as usual" - as what happened following the 2007-2008 financial crisis - or will we use the occasion of this "pause" to hit the "reset" button?