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The pandemic's other dangers

This crisis is not like those before: There is no obvious villain, whether jihadist terrorists or financiers; and few alive have lived through the last pandemic

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5 min read Last Updated : Mar 27 2020 | 11:16 PM IST

The pandemic, its economic consequences, and the nature of the response it imposes upon us will upend societies and politics across the world. That much is certain; but how they will shift are, as yet, not clear. Or it is better to say it is uncertain: The changes, and whether they are for the better or worse, depends crucially on whether we are aware of the dangers.

Crises bring change. After 9/11, much of the world shifted into an open-ended “global war on terror”; imbalances in the geo-economic system were allowed to persist because they were ignored as a result; and

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