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Fall 2020 Issue

Rethinking
Global Resilience

Ian Goldin

The pandemic is straining economic and social fault lines: the only remedy is international cooperation
STRAIGHT TALK

Knightmare Uncertainty

Geoffrey Okamoto

Geoffrey Okamoto

In the COVID-19 world, risk has become
riskier

PEOPLE IN ECONOMICS

Economics Agitator

 Bob Simison profiles University College London’s Mariana Mazzucato, tireless proponent of government-led innovation

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RESILIENCE: HEALING THE FRACTURES

The Debt Pandemic

Jeremy Bulow, Carmen Reinhart, Kenneth Rogoff, and Christoph Trebesch

New steps are needed to improve sovereign debt workouts

Conquering the Great Divide

Joseph Stiglitz

The pandemic has laid bare deep divisions, but it’s not too late to change course

Cultivating Global Financial Cooperation

Barry Eichengreen

The current crisis highlights the urgency of strengthening the global financial architecture

Overhauling Health Systems

Genevie Fernandes

As countries’ first line of defense against a crisis, health systems need to be strengthened

Investing in a Green Recovery

Ulrich Volz

The pandemic is only a prelude to a looming climate crisis

What Racism Costs Us All

Joseph Losavio

Addressing systemic racism is a moral imperative; it can also make economies stronger

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

Race in Economics

Martin Čihák, Montfort Mlachila, and Ratna Sahay

Economists and policymakers need a wake-up call to root out racial discrimination

Friend or Foe?

Andreas Adriano

Technology can boost either resilience or inequality, depending on how much you have of it

Portraits of Resilience

Raphael Alves, Ariana Lindquist, and K. M. Asad

Three people cope with change as the pandemic upends their world

An Ounce of Prevention

David E. Bloom, Daniel Cadarette, and Daniel L. Tortorice

Our approach to vaccine finance is ill-suited to addressing epidemic risks

Editor's Letter

Cracks of Light

The post-pandemic world will be transformed in important ways, and we will emerge resilient from this dark chapter

In the Trenches

Staying the Course

Jamaica’s former central bank governor Brian Wynter explains the challenges of modernizing monetary policy

Picture This

Food Insecure

Adam Behsudi

The viral pandemic is bringing a new global hunger crisis

Back to Basics

What Is Debt Sustainability?

Dalia Hakura

Many factors go into assessing how much debt a developing economy can safely carry

Book Reviews

Angrynomics, Eric Lonergan and Mark Blyth

The Economics of Belonging , Martin Sandbu

Currency Notes

Making History

Tunisia honors the country’s first female physician on its 10 dinar banknote

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