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Out of the Crisis #21: Tomas Pueyo on the hammer and the dance, political polarization, and how the pandemic will affect the way we live and work

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And then, once that curve is low enough, governments can dance, testing and tracking cases until the virus is eradicated or we develop a working vaccine. They didn't have experience buying bulk from the government things like masks or ventilators." Had we been able to apply this strategy simultaneously nationwide, the U.S.

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The internet has no barriers when it comes to reaching an international user base and these startups are capitalizing on being able to have a global reach. Governments supportive of technology. In Africa in particular governments are very involved in promoting technology and see it as a future industry that will kick start the economy.

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Reuben Mpunda, Tanzania. In two years she has hired eight full-time employees, secured lucrative government contracts, and is able to support seven households besides her own in Amman. Mpunda had struggled for 10 years working at a hotel, a brewery, and a ruby mine. She is even mulling a run for office in the gas providers’ union.

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