Michael Rothfeld, New York Times
Hospitals in the city are facing the kind of harrowing increases in cases that overwhelmed health care systems in China and Italy.
Wilson Center
Economist
Peter Goodman, New York Times
LONDON — A British prime minister from the party of Margaret Thatcher has effectively nationalized the national railway system, while forsaking budget austerity in favor of aggressive public spending. Germany has set aside its traditional detestation for debt to unleash emergency spending, while enabling the rest of the European Union to breach limits on deficits.
Maysam Behravesh, Foreign Policy
The government learned early on about the outbreak—but, from a combination of cynicism and ideology, decided not to do anything about it.
Mohamed El-Erian, Project Syndicate
For years, the economics profession has suffered from a stubborn reluctance to adopt a more multidisciplinary approach. But now that the COVID-19 pandemic is transforming economic life the world over, the profession has no choice but to leave its comfort zone.
G. Mortimer, Spectator
Arguably no other country in the last half a century has undergone such a wholescale transformation of its national character than the British.
Richard Bernstein, RCInv.
Medical professionals said the draconian set of policies imposed by the Chinese government – including widespread testing, isolation of all infected people and anyone they came in contact with – are proven methods for limiting contagion. Other countries, South Korea and Taiwan, for example, have followed similar courses, and they have also reported steep declines in new infections, though neither says it has achieved no new local infections, as China claims.
Nathalie Rothschild, Foreign Policy
The Scandinavian country believes its distinctive high-trust culture will protect it from needing to shut down for the pandemic.
Sulmaan Wasif Khan, The American Interest
Analyses of China’s rise and future were important before the global pandemic—now, even more so. Three current volumes offer a mixed bag of insights and missed opportunities.
Rob Schmitz, NPR
Bradley Martin, Asia Times
Despite vaunted self-reliance, report of Pyongyang's request for virus aid was predictable
