The Economist How market panic can feed back to the world economy

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From: The Economist today - Monday Mar 09, 2020 09:16 pm
   
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Black Monday
How market panic can feed back to the world economy

In short: via tighter credit for companies already at risk
 
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Resilient no more
For the first time, Lebanon defaults on its debts

Restructuring will be a struggle. Fixing the country’s rentier economy will be even harder
 
 
Schumpeter
Covid-19 is foisting changes on business that could be beneficial

CEOs should be aware of the potential opportunities
 
 
Daily chart
Americans overestimate voters’ prejudices against women and ethnic minorities

Democrats are particularly prone to exaggerating the biases of Republicans
 
 
Going viral
Covid-19 has revealed widespread sexism in China

But women are resisting furiously online
 
 
Assessing the president
The OMB has been key to Donald Trump’s deregulatory effort

The second story in our series on the president’s record in office
 
 
The farmer’s tale
A landmark Estonian novel is adapted into a film

“Truth and Justice” tells the national story—but its meaning has changed with the times
 
 
The Intelligence
Why millions of women went on strike in Mexico

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