The pandemic is a bankruptcy story. Large firms can use bankruptcy to restructure. Small firms will close to avoid bankruptcy.
Workers: At home and coming into the office for meetings. Workers replaced by robots. Massive retraining. It’s a new world for workers.
Working at home and coming into the office for meetings. Workers replaced by robots. Massive retraining. It’s a new world for workers.
M&A: Large tech giants will get stronger during the pandemic. The political left will want them regulated.
Large tech giants will get stronger during the pandemic. The political left will want them regulated.
Pipelines: The Israel pipeline from Eliat in the Red Sea to Ashkelon on the Mediterranean will now get oil from the UAE in supertankers bypassing the Suez Canal. Cheaper crude oil for the nations in the area.
The Israel pipeline from Eliat in the Red Sea to Ashkelon on the Mediterranean will now get oil from the UAE in supertankers bypassing the Suez Canal. Cheaper crude oil for the nations in the area.
Taxation: Societies need to impose temporary tax surcharges to fund Coronavirus spending. Call them patriotic taxes.
Societies need to impose temporary tax surcharges to fund Coronavirus spending. Call them patriotic taxes.
Infrastructure: President Roosevelt used infrastructure spending to put the economy to work in 1933. It will work in 2020.
President Roosevelt used infrastructure spending to put the economy to work in 1933. It will work in 2020.
Nationalization: The nationalization of private hospitals and other forms of national support will give nations more control over their public health systems.
The nationalization of private hospitals and other forms of national support will give nations more control over their public health systems.
Vertical Farming: Growing crops indoors on vertically stacked layers. Artificial lighting, no soil, water with nutrients, no herbicides or insecticides. The future of agriculture?
Growing crops indoors on vertically stacked layers. Artificial lighting, no soil, water with nutrients, no herbicides or insecticides. The future of agriculture?