The Globalist

In her management of the Coronavirus crisis, Angela Merkel is making a big bet against the German playwright Bertolt Brecht and his “Three Penny Opera.”

Angela Merkel is acting – though definitely not looking – like a flower power girl from California. Focused on consensus, not leadership, she believes in human goodness.

The coronavirus crisis has become the third great globalization shock of this still relatively new century — after the 9/11 attacks in 2001 and the fall of Lehman Brothers in September 2008.

The age structure of the U.S. political leadership cannot be described by any other word than as a gerontocracy. This conjures up images of the late-stage Soviet Union.

Despite an initially horrendous response, China now utilizes its Coronavirus campaign to build global soft power

Lessons not learned and opportunities missed: A roadmap to political and societal dysfunction.

The Western world is on the verge of embarrassing itself to the bone in fighting a health crisis of historic proportions.

Policymakers are getting it step by step.

What is the economic fallout going to be for sure? And what will it be if it’s a bad case?