The Economist 28Mar2020

MARCH 28TH–APRIL 3RD 2020 Covid-19 in the emerging world Bootstrapping ventilators Global trade collapses The year without winte ...

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The EconomistMarch 28th 2020 3 1 Contents continues overleaf Contents The world this week 6 A summary of political and business ...

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6 The EconomistMarch 28th 2020 The world this week Politics More countries rolled out wartime-like emergency measuresto fight co ...

The EconomistMarch 28th 2020 7 The world this week Business In an unprecedented move the Federal Reserve said it would buycorpor ...

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Leaders 9 I n just a few weeks a virus a ten-thousandth of a millimetre in diameter has transformed Western democracies. States ...

10 Leaders The EconomistMarch 28th 2020 T he newcoronavirus is causing havoc in rich countries. Often overlooked is the damage i ...

The EconomistMarch 28th 2020 Leaders 11 1 N o textbook wasever written to tell economists what to do in the face of the extraord ...

12 Leaders The EconomistMarch 28th 2020 2 ber of laboratories testing for the virus from two to almost 60. It has referred 62,00 ...

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14 The EconomistMarch 28th 2020 Letters are welcome and should be addressed to the Editor at The Economist, The Adelphi Building ...

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The EconomistMarch 28th 2020 19 1 H aving been quarantined at his par- ents’ house in the Hebei province in northern China for a ...

20 BriefingThe pandemic and the state The EconomistMarch 28th 2020 2 1 them and alerts the authorities. Leaving quarantine witho ...