MILAN — Europe can heave a sigh of relief — for now.

MADRID  —   Before the pandemic, nostalgia was a major force in global politics. Donald Trump rose to power by promising to “make America great again”, and Brexiteers won their political battle partly by idealizing Britain’s imperial past.

MILAN — The COVID-19 pandemic has damaged the stock of physical and human capital. Firms have postponed or cancelled investment projects and laid-off or furloughed workers’ skills have deteriorated.

TURIN — Before the COVID-19 pandemic, the role of low-skilled labor in the economy was assumed to be in decline.

MILAN — Future historians may come to describe Brexit as the defining moment of a nationalist wave that swept away the postwar liberal international order. Yet their task will be complicated by the fact that Brexit is not, in fact, a manifestation of British nationalism.

MILAN — The right-wing populism that has emerged in many Western democracies in recent years could turn out to be much more than a blip on the political landscape.

MILAN — As new technologies continue to upend industries and take over tasks once performed by humans, workers worldwide fear for their futures.