Bloomberg Businessweek - USA (2020-11-16)

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Forthefirsttimeindecades,theworldfaces

a seriesofpressingchallengesthatarebigger

thananyonecountrycan solve onitsown.

Thecoronavirus knows noboundaries,and

thepandemicwillendonlyafterwe’veworked

togethertodevelopanddistributea vaccine.

Untilthenoureconomieswillbeheldhostage.

Climatechangeanditsongoingcarnagepresent

a farmoredifficultchallenge—withprofound

consequencesforfuturegenerations.Thehard

choiceswefacerequireevenmoreglobalcoop-

eration,anda newAmericanadministration

offershope for a new path. Repairing frac-

turedrelationshipsandbuildinga betterfuture

is a calltoactionforallofus—andis thevery

essenceofBloomberg’sannualNewEconomy

Forum,fromNov.16-19.There’snotimelike

thepresenttogetstarted,together.

We Can

Do Better

Than This

●HEALTH 50

ThelastingconsequencesofCovid-19

●TRADE 58

Free-marketeconomieshavecompetition

●FINANCE 64

Anunexpectedcashlessexperiment

●GAMECHANGERS 68

A fewpioneersdeliveringa betterfuture

●CLIMATE 70

HowwildfiresarechangingCalifornia

●CITIES 78

Planners trying for urban utopia

Bloomberg Businessweek (^) THE NEW ECONOMY November 16, 2020