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The Guardian’s columnist Will Hutton, a declared Keynesian, has expressed his astonishment at the Tory government suddenly abandoning its economic orthodoxy as the appropriate response to the coronavirus pandemic. His readers certainly remember the “Cameron-Osborne austerity” of only a few years ago, when Conservative economists, as they have done for decades, insisted that austerity was […] More
More than 250m people now in lockdown in EU as Germany and Belgium adopt measures Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Italy has suffered its deadliest day yet in the coronavirus outbreak and is poised to overtake China as the world’s worst affected country, as Europe tightened a lockdown affecting about 250 […] More
We live in an age of accelerated individualization — or so sociologists and social philosophers like Ulrich Beck have told us for decades. We have accepted it, even if we did not necessarily like it. The citizens of the former Soviet empire were among the first to take note. In East Germany, in Czechoslovakia, in Hungary […] More
American Airlines to scrap most long-haul flights while Australia orders all arrivals to self-isolate and Spain goes into lockdown Coronavirus – latest updates The international travel industry faces a widespread shutdown over coronavirus fears after airlines announced new flight reductions and more countries introduced travel bans and isolation requirements. Travel businesses were hit with multiple […] More
President speaks to press at White House after welcoming House bill that includes paid sick leave Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Donald Trump has announced new measures to tackle the coronavirus crisis, including expanding the existing US travel ban to cover the UK and Ireland. Related: Coronavirus death toll in UK […] More
Watching French President Emmanuel Macron’s address to the nation on March 12, I couldn’t avoid admiring the skill with which he deployed two supremely engineered strategic themes. After drawing attention to the importance of a concerted European response to the pandemic, he insisted that the French government would not only bypass the interests of the […] More
Pandemic upends lives of millions as more countries decide to close schools Coronavirus – latest news The EU has condemned Donald Trump’s unilateral ban on travel from 26 European countries as radical efforts to contain the rapid spread of the coronavirus pandemic upended daily life for millions of people around the world. France, Ireland, Austria, […] More
Scramble for flights before coronavirus travel suspension comes into effect on Friday Coronavirus – latest updates Have you been affected? People in Europe have been hiring private jets and paying large sums for last-minute tickets in an attempt to beat Donald Trump’s ban on flights – although many seem to be US citizens confused as […] More
