Resurrection of Willem Buiter's Maverecon Blog

As of  29 March 2020,  my long-dormant  blog at http://maverecon.blogspot.com will be resurrected.  With the whole world having gone Covid-19 crazy, there is no scarcity of things to write about.  Who knows, writing a blog again might have therapeutic benefits as I try to cope with the everyday reality of severe social distancing. 

Like so many, I was caught utterly unprepared by the coronavirus pandemic and its economic, social, political and cultural consequences.  Let's at least make sure that this global preparedness failure is a one-off  by reforming our medical, economic and social  infrastructures and networks to be ready when the next virus makes its zoonotic leap.