The COVID-19 crisis, with Nouriel Roubini, Anne O. Krueger, and more

[View this message in a web browser]( [PS Behind the Headlines]( JULY 30, 2020 This week in Behind the Headlines, we resume our coverage of the COVID-19 crisis. PS commentators tackle some of the most pressing economic and political questions the pandemic has raised – and the imperatives from which it has distracted. Whitney Arana, Editor [Revisiting the White Swans of 2020]( [Revisiting the White Swans of 2020]( [Nouriel Roubini]( identifies several geopolitical and environmental tail risks that equity markets have continued to discount. [The Open Secret to Reopening the Economy]( [The Open Secret to Reopening the Economy]( [Anne O. Krueger]( points out that epidemiologists were right all along: the virus will decide when activities can resume. [Keeping Poverty Reduction Front and Center]( [Keeping Poverty Reduction Front and Center]( [Juan Manuel Santos]( and [Sabina Alkire]( urge policymakers to emphasize support for the poor when adopting pandemic response and recovery measures. [The Euro Crisis’s New Clothes]( [Hans-Werner Sinn]( explains why the new European Union recovery fund will not make southern member states more competitive. [Health-Tech Snake Oil]( [Leeza Osipenko]( worries that big-data and artificial-intelligence applications are being rushed to market without due diligence. Coronanomics Video Series [Is It Time to Decentralize Power?]( [Econ Films]( hosts a discussion with [Raghuram Rajan]( on the prospects for a radical devolution of governance after the crisis. [Mask Wars]( [Hugo Drochon]( urges citizens and politicians alike to grasp the implications of face coverings for democracy. [The Challenges of the Post-Pandemic Agenda]( [Jean Pisani-Ferry]( foresees a harsh and uncertain transition between phases of capitalist development in the coming decade. [For the rest of our COVID-19 coverage, click here]( Project Syndicate publishes and provides, on a not-for-profit basis, original commentary by the world's leading thinkers to more than 500 media outlets in over 150 countries. This newsletter is a service of [Project Syndicate](. [Change your newsletter preferences](. Follow us on [Facebook]( [Twitter]( and [YouTube](. © Project Syndicate, all rights reserved. [Unsubscribe from all newsletters](.