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Mervyn King on Managing the COVID-19 Economic Crisis

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Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

Former Bank of London governor Lord Mervyn King joins Deep Dish to discuss the lessons learned during the 2008 financial crisis and how to manage the current economic uncertainty.

A monitor shows the Nikkei stock average rate and others falling in Osaka, Japan on February 3, 2020.
Yomiuri
Global Economy

Global Public Opinion as US COVID-19 Deaths Top September 11 Attacks

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Running Numbers by Coauthors

Council experts analyze global public opinion on COVID-19 after deaths in the United States surpassed the deaths from the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.

A social distancing sign during the COVID-19 pandemic
dmbosstone
Global Health

The Impact of COVID-19 on the Future of Food Systems in Africa

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Global Food for Thought by Oyewale Abioye

How could the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic lead to reduced food production and more food insecurity?

Locust swarm
Niv Singer
Food and Agriculture

Nine Books to Prepare for the World After COVID-19

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Global Insight by Iain Whitaker

We share our top picks for books to read in the weeks ahead that delve into what sort of world might emerge when the pandemic has passed.

A young girl reads a book, with bookshelves of other books in the background
Eliott Reyna
Global Health

Special Edition: COVID-19 Lessons from South Korea

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Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

On this special edition Deep Dish episode, The Wall Street Journal’s Dasl Yoon reports from Seoul on South Korea’s approaches to containing COVID-19.

Volunteers in protective suits line up to be disinfected
Reuters
Global Health

The Plague You've Never Heard About Could be as Destructive as COVID-19

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Global Food for Thought by Coauthors

Tens of millions of people in East Africa, the Horn, and up through the Middle East are facing the prospect of extreme hunger as a plague of locusts spreads in the region.

A farmer holds a sorghum plant destroyed after a swarm of locusts invaded his farm in Ethiopia
Reuters
Food and Agriculture

Coronavirus Exposes Midwest's Economic Perch; Well-Paying Jobs Are Cure

In the News
Bridge Michigan
John Austin

Across the Midwest, the virus is revealing the always tenuous hold on a decent income for many.

Buildings seen in Detroit, Michigan.
Alex Brisbey
Global Cities

Viral Inequality

In the News
Project Syndicate
Robert Muggah

Far from merely reflecting an unequal distribution of economic means, rising inequality comes with a range of toxic side effects, many of which the COVID-19 pandemic has thrown into sharp relief.

Dominick Walton, who is homeless herself, serves food to homeless people amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Houston, Texas, U.S
Reuters
Inclusion and Equity

The Gendered Consequences of Coronavirus

In the News
E-International Relations
Coauthors

How are men and women experiencing the effects of the coronavirus differently? Why is it important to understand these differences?

A woman wearing a mask with her child strapped to her chest.
Marcin Jozwiak
Women and Girls

What the US Can Learn from the Global Responses to COVID-19

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Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

POLITICO’s Ryan Heath joins Deep Dish to explains the lessons the United States can learn from countries around that world in the effort to contain COVID-19.

Colorful double exposure of US Coronavirus COVID-19 cases
Brian McGowan
Global Health