It wasn’t until death rates began to soar that society began to take the outbreak seriously enough.
March 23, 2020 Issue
Features
Columbia’s David Ho is leading a group that’s trying to compress a five-year process into one.
Nayib Bukele had been hailed as one of the world’s most promising young leaders. Then he called in the army.
Remarks
The Russians may have started the price war, but Riyadh was waiting for the opportunity to jump in.
The world used to solve crises by getting heads of state together. Now, leaders are hemmed in with fear of contagion and the lack of a broader vision.
Business
As the pandemic shutters campuses, schools scramble to provide distance education.
Technology
Initial efforts have been slow and shaky.
The plan for a launchpad, worth tens of millions of pounds, may not survive a community backlash and environmental review.
Finance
People have to live with social distancing to save lives. But what if the economy shuts down, too?
Markets for newly issued company debt and commercial paper have already prompted the Fed to step in.
Investors prepare for the worst.
Emergency rate cuts have done little to stop the free fall.
“Most people were like me. They were like, ‘Yeah, whatever, it’s not that big a deal.’”
Scammers are looking for victims with weak security and deep pockets. Many companies owned by buyout shops fit that bill.
Economics
Governments must overcome nationalist impulses and mistrust to work together on a global response to the virus.
Politics
History isn’t kind to incumbent presidents with a lousy economy.
Solutions/Business Schools
Hiring runs counter to overwhelming interest in sustainability among students, schools, and companies.
Employers grade universities on the value of a business school’s brand, innovation and creativity, diversity, and entrepreneurship.
Accelerated programs target candidates who’ve taken relevant courses.
Business school students preparing to graduate risk ending up unemployed or having to settle for lesser roles.
Pursuits
The RV gets an extreme makeover.
Rustic American farm buildings, scouted out by Heritage Restorations, are rebuilt far away as showplace homes and event spaces.
They say it can cure what ails you—or make you go blind. Whatever its mischief, bartenders and distillers alike are fired up about firewater.
“Countryside, the Future” at the Guggenheim Museum discovers the joys of rural life—and that was before our current age of coronavirus.
Interlude, from scentmaker Cinnamon Projects and furniture studio Apparatus, is a sophisticated solution.
Last Thing
A check from Washington might not arrive quickly enough to ease the current crisis.
