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Europeean governments should change tack by inducing restaurant, bar, and shop owners to take a paid vacation, rather than ordering them to close. A column by Daniel Gros.

Reversing the policy mistakes committed by the Trump administration will be necessary to restore US leadership in the global economy. A column by Anne O. Krueger.

The health crisis will leave a mark on future generations and might lead to more inequality and less social mobility. This calls for government support in the field of public education. A column by Fabrizio Zilibotti.

In the short to medium term, the dollar certainly could rise more, but it’s worth remembering that economic traumas such as we are now experiencing often prove to be turning points. A column by Kenneth Rogoff.

President Biden can help make the world a safer and more prosperous place given four years, but that’s different from saying that he can quickly end the recession and the pandemic. A column by Barry Eichengreen.

The US, the EU, and Japan must finally produce effective strategies to free themselves from China’s resource grip. A column by Sophia Kalantzakos.

The improvements needed to raise an entire economy’s productivity require coordinated, collective action. But this is difficult to achieve. A column by Diane Coyle.

Shipping routes have opened up and as a consequence great-power competition is increasing in the Arctic. A column by Carl Bildt.

A double-dip recession – that is what has happened in the aftermath of eight of the last eleven US recessions. The contrast with China’s self-sustaining recovery couldn’t be more striking. A column by Stephen S. Roach.

The prospect of an America paralyzed by a crisis of political illegitimacy at home, and estranged from its allies abroad, might be attractive to the Chinese Communists. A column by Minxin Pei.

So many Americans have invested themselves fully in opposing the unelected bureaucrats of the «deep state» that Trumpism could live on without its namesake. A column by Eric Posner.

While some on the left and libertarian right push for a universal basic income, it would be far better simply to subsidize low wages for those able to work. A column by Michael J. Boskin.