Tag: coronavirus
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The development of cities has been by affected by disease for centuries, so what legacy will Covid-19 leave on urban life? Few residents of the world’s great metropolises would have… more ›
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Like all big tech companies, Google and Alphabet are playing an outsized role in our lives as the coronavirus pandemic continues. https://www.theverge.com/2020/5/19/21262934/google-alphabet-ceo-sundar-pichai-interview-pandemic-coronavirus more ›
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Editor’s note: The Economist is making some of its most important coverage of the covid-19 pandemic freely available to readers of The Economist Today, our daily newsletter. To receive it,… more ›
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Maria Diva do Nascimento was worried as she set off for her job at one of Rio de Janeiro’s biggest hospitals wearing a face mask she hoped would keep her… more ›
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[Clayton Christensen’s writing has been hugely influential on my thinking. So when Cliff Maxwell, Christensen’s former Chief of Staff and student at HBS, reached out to discuss my work on… more ›
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ALPHARETTA, Ga. — The sky was blue, the sun was rising, and as the death toll from the coronavirus continued to soar across much of America, the fountains switched on… more ›
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Scenes from the plague in London 1665, much like those described by Samuel Pepys. If you need a role model for life in a plague, it is hard to beat… more ›
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“Password?” a six-foot-tall bouncer asked from underneath the light-blue mask he wore. All around, the streets of downtown Manhattan were deserted—the new normal for New York City nights. https://airmail.news/issues/2020-5-16/unmasked-ball more ›
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As Covid-19 races its way across Africa, there are two stories happening at once. The first is of governments using their armies and militarized police to beat, threaten, and shoot… more ›
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Globalization, automation, and inequality. That prediction, made by the World Bank in 2017, and based on decades of Nigeria’s dependence on oil, has proven astute. Amid a crippling coronavirus pandemic,… more ›