Jan Švejnar: Big question is can government deliver smart quarantine if new wave of pandemic hits
Update: 2020-05-25
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The Czech government’s willingness to tackle the economic impacts of the
coronavirus crisis is impressive, but it must do far better when it comes
to actually delivering help to hard-hit companies. And the economic
slowdown could even reach double digits if another lockdown is required. So
says Professor Jan Švejnar of Columbia University, who has headed a team
of economists advising the Czech Republic’s Central Crisis Staff, the
national Covid-19 task force.
coronavirus crisis is impressive, but it must do far better when it comes
to actually delivering help to hard-hit companies. And the economic
slowdown could even reach double digits if another lockdown is required. So
says Professor Jan Švejnar of Columbia University, who has headed a team
of economists advising the Czech Republic’s Central Crisis Staff, the
national Covid-19 task force.
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