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Economist

Y’ALL...WE ARE NOT New York state.” Alabama’s governor, Kay Ivey, said that on March 26th, explaining why she was not locking her state down. At that time, she was right. The Empire State then had twice as many confirmed cases of coronavirus as all southern states combined (the 11 Confederate states, plus Kentucky). But the South is becoming more like New York.

Ben Cahill, CSIS

Any optimism generated by the recent OPEC+ deal is fading in the face of an unprecedented demand shock. The OPEC+ group agreed to cut 9.7 million barrels per day from October 2018 levels in May and June (aside from Saudi Arabia and Russia, who will implement cuts from a baseline of 11 million barrels per day). Beyond that headline figure, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Kuwait aim to cut an additional 2.5 million barrels per day. The International Energy Agency... Читать дальше...

Nathalie Rothschild, Foreign Policy

The government expects citizens to freely follow its advice—but not all ethnic groups have equal access to expertise.

Fredrik Erixon, Spectator

Kat Devlin et al, Pew Research Center

Republicans more negative than Democrats toward China, though unfavorable ratings have climbed among both parties

Emily Estelle, RealClearWorld

The United States will wake up from its COVID-19 nightmare to renewed national security horrors if our leaders fail to take the right lesson from the pandemic: the best policy is one of early recognition and preemptive action.

Edward Goldberg, RealClearWorld

The coronavirus has acted with the power of a conquering army, upending long-established behaviors in global economics and politics. It is apparent that the virus will be similar to 9/11 in its power to alter global perspective for decades.

Robert Shrimsley, Financial Times

The attempt to set up gender equality and ethnic diversity as the enemies of prosperity is telling.

David Gantz & Bashar Malkawi, SCMP

• In a period of economic Darwinism, the pandemic will finish off weak businesses, leaving dominant firms, such as Amazon and Huawei, even stronger

Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review

While the world is distracted managing the COVID-19 pandemic, the Chinese government in Beijing is making dramatic moves against the pro-democracy protest movement in Hong Kong.