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Persistent COVID-19: Exploring potential economic implications, Olivier Blanchard (PIIE) and Jean Pisani-Ferry (PIIE)

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                                                                  Foto: Stephane de Sakutin/AFP Partilho uma análise de Olivier Blanchard e de Jean Pisani-Ferry sobre possíveis consequências económicas da persistência do Covid-19 nas nossas sociedades no contexto do surgimento de novas variantes do vírus Sars-CoV-2. " When the COVID-19 crisis spread in early 2020, many economists who stepped forward with projections of its impact assumed that a one-time shock would be followed eventually by a return close to the status quo. Views have differed since then regarding both the time it would take to produce vaccines and the extent of potential economic scarring, but, until the last few months, few outside the public health community seriously contemplated the possibility that the pandemic could persist on a significant scale. ...