As authorities around the world continue in an unprecedented race against the clock to resuscitate battered stock indices, and laboratories ramp up resources to come up with a vaccine unlikely to see the light for distribution this year, there is a bigger problem at play. Governments simply can’t bring back to life an economy in comatose mode as global lockdowns are still in phase 1 and getting worse by the day. It's a simple equation: No movement of people, no economic activity. So, what’s left? Governments must keep taking draconian measures on the fiscal front to mitigate the social unrest that is to come as the ... (full story)