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    A CHANCE FOR A RESET

    Mar 26, 2020 5 minutes
    By Michael Zakkour

    The author is an op-ed contributor to Beijing Review and founder and CEO of 5 New Digital

    The spread and effects of the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) have been so rapid and widespread that attempting to make sense of what is happening, let alone write about it, has often been an exercise in frustration at best and futility at worst.

    Case numbers, industry shutdowns, retail closures, markets dropping, economic disruption, supply chain disruption, geopolitical implications—news on all of this and more is rolling in and changing on an hourly basis.

    With all of this in mind, I believe three key facts will go a long way to determining what the long-term impact of the pandemic will be on the global economy,

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