There will be life after Covid-19

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To the extent that there is an ‘invisible hand’ – and there are humans on Earth after this thing blows over – the world should return to something after Covid-19. But what might that something look like? ISMAIL LEGARDIEN* writes

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There will be life after Covid-19

To the extent that there is an ‘invisible hand’ – and there are humans on Earth after this thing blows over – the world should return to something after Covid-19. But what might that something look like? ISMAIL LEGARDIEN* writes