A man wearing a face mask walks past a closed restaurant in Madrid amid a national lockdown to fight the spread of Covid-19. Photo: AFP
A man wearing a face mask walks past a closed restaurant in Madrid amid a national lockdown to fight the spread of Covid-19. Photo: AFP
Donald Low
Opinion

Opinion

Donald Low

The coronavirus has shown us the global economic system is no longer fit for purpose

  • Lockdowns and shutdowns imposed to deal with the Covid-19 pandemic have taken a huge toll on every major economy
  • While these suppression measures were probably necessary, the process of exiting them provides an opportunity to rethink our overly networked world

A man wearing a face mask walks past a closed restaurant in Madrid amid a national lockdown to fight the spread of Covid-19. Photo: AFP
A man wearing a face mask walks past a closed restaurant in Madrid amid a national lockdown to fight the spread of Covid-19. Photo: AFP
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