By Michael Ferrari, Parag Khanna and Spencer WellsNEW YORK/SINGAPORE/LOMBOK, Indonesia — The COVID-19 crisis has caused scientists, governments and public-health experts to scramble to understand the relationship between the transmission of zoonotic diseases (those that jump

By Laura Tyson and Lenny Mendonca BERKELEY — In just a few short months, the COVID-19 pandemic has done massive damage to the United States economy, and the workers who make it run.

By John B. Taylor and Jack MallerySTANFORD — COVID-19 has revealed both the strengths and weaknesses of America’s broadband Internet infrastructure.

By Michael Kremer, Gilbert F. Houngbo CAMBRIDGE/ROME — The COVID-19 pandemic is reshaping societies around the world, in part by accelerating the digital revolution that was already under way at the beginning of the year.

By Hauke Engel and Mekala Krishnan FRANKFURT — COVID-19 has shown how a long-recognised but underappreciated global risk can suddenly materialise and wreak social and economic devastation in a matter of weeks.

By Iqbal Dhaliwal and Samantha FriedlanderCAMBRIDGE —  As with so much else, international development has been severely affected by the coronavirus pandemic.

By José Antonio Ocampo and Tommaso Faccio NEW YORK — The COVID-19 pandemic will leave the world economy bruised and bloody.

By Willem H. Buiter, Ian Ball and Dag Detter NEW YORK — One effect of the COVID-19 lockdowns this year is that many young adults have returned home temporarily to stay with their parents, subletting their apartments to others in need.

By Michael Spence, Chen LongMILAN/HANGZHOU – The COVID-19 pandemic has arrived in waves, starting in Asia, where it quickly spread from mainland China to South Korea, Hong Kong and Taiwan.