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Expanding the Legacy

Epilogue

Corona Journal May 8, 2024 Like

Wednesday, May 8, 2024 – The corona (covid) virus arrived unexpectedly out of left field and held the world in its grip for well over a year. Government and business were caught by surprise – and woefully unprepared. Crisis management had to be improvised on the spot as developments succeeded...

Prologue

Corona Journal May 1, 2024 Like

Friday, May 1, 2024 – How to stand out in a crowd? Consider idiosyncrasy, a peculiar behaviour or attitude that marks the slightly unusual personality of the odd one out. This need not involve appeals to the outrageous as a mechanism to generate attention. The strategy was successfully deployed over...

Chapter 68: Tales of Shopkeepers, Trolley Cops, and Bookshops

Corona Journal October 29, 2020 Like

Thursday, October 29, 2020 – Shopkeepers in Wales have reported a disconcerting increase in the number of scarcely clad patrons visiting their premises, often sporting nothing more than underpants and a facemask. The quasi-streakers roaming the aisles of Welsh grocery stores and pharmacies are on a mission to highlight the...

Chapter 51: Stage Set for EU Clash

Corona Journal May 24, 2020 Like

Monday, May 25, 2020 – The Hague is expected to deploy the biggest gun available to EU member states and roll out its veto to derail a Franco-German plan that introduces eurobonds under a different name. Last week, the Dutch were said to have succumbed under pressure from Germany and...

Chapter 22: Raining on China’s Parade

Corona Journal April 14, 2020 Like

Tuesday, April 14, 2020 – Sensing a unique opportunity to take a shortcut to the global top spot, China is putting in a sustained effort to turn tragedy into triumph and expand its standing and reach in the wake of the pandemic. The Chinese government is pretty pleased with its...

Chapter 9: Pandemic Puts Eurobonds Back on the Table

Corona Journal March 26, 2020 Like

Thursday, March 26, 2020 – The leaders of nine Eurozone countries on Wednesday refloated the previously discarded idea of issuing Eurobonds, a collective debt instrument backed by the combined securities of participating countries, as a way of pooling risk and mitigating the economic impact of the corona pandemic. The appeal...