The COVID-19 Crisis

Mariana Mazzucato & Vera Songwe propose a new holistic approach to designing policies, directing innovation, and investing in people.

Zhang Jun defends the goals and principles underpinning a strategy that has led to a six-week lockdown in Shanghai.

Jim O'Neill expects a downturn, but notes that it could be mitigated by policy shifts in key economies.

Shashi Tharoor accuses the government of subordinating accurate mortality reporting to its obsession with image control.

Koichi Hamada frames an answer by examining the various mechanisms that have pushed up consumer price indices.

Carmen M. Reinhart & Leora Klapper warn that in the absence of timely action, a wave of non-performing loans could hamper economic recovery.

Firdausi Qadri & Md. Taufiqul Islam show how lessons from the coronavirus pandemic can be used to defeat a much older disease.

Nancy Qian considers the political implications of the central government's decision to overrule the city's leadership.