Insights
Seven principles for recovery
How do you get an economy going again when entire industries are destroyed?
How do you get an economy going again when entire industries are destroyed?
Nobody knows what exactly our future will look like.
No matter how much fiscal support he will receive, it will do nothing to reverse Italy’s productivity trajectory.
The Covid-19 crisis does not and will not change the principles of economics – but that will not stop politicians from trying.
What happens over the coming weeks and months will determine our political and economic fate for decades to come.
In the Western Roman Empire’s case, it was the barbarian soldier Odoacer who finished off the ruins of a once-proud Empire.
Who will talk about the future of this country when the crisis is over?
© Dr Oliver Hartwich