The COVID-19 Crisis

Michael Kremer & Gilbert F. Houngbo see four ways in which boosting technology investments can pay off for the world's poorest rural communities.

Hauke Engel & Mekala Krishnan urge firms and governments to consider the parallels between COVID-19 and the threat of global warming.

Michael Spence & Chen Long see a disturbing “pandemic economy” pattern emerging in Africa, South Asia, Latin America, and some US states.

Koichi Hamada sees reason to hope that the COVID-19 crisis will catalyze a shift toward more just societies.

Laura Tyson & Lenny Mendonca outline the economic policies that will be necessary to protect all workers from the deepening recession.

Joseph E. Stiglitz highlights the macro and micro considerations that should drive policy responses to the pandemic-induced crisis.

Ricardo Hausmann urges rapid data collection and analysis are to overcome our ignorance about how to combat the pandemic.

Yanis Varoufakis shows why economic recovery, including in Europe, is on course to drive most people into deeper despair.