10 ways Covid-19 has changed the world economy forever


Shares in videoconferencing platform Zoom jumped more than six-fold this year. - AFP

NEW YORK (Bloomberg): Economic shocks like the coronavirus pandemic of 2020 only arrive once every few generations, and they bring about permanent and far-reaching change.

Measured by output, the world economy is well on the way to recovery from a slump the likes of which barely any of its 7.7 billion people have seen in their lifetimes.

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