Niall Ferguson
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RIP Sean Connery, the greatest of the Bonds and the role model to a generation. In addition to his extraordinarily handsome face and intimidating physique, Sean had a wicked sense
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Because of course the @washingtonpost never, ever downplayed the risk of COVID-19. "Conservative media misinformation may have intensified the severity of the pandemic."https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/06/25/fox-news-h
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The tortoise-shaped recovery. My @thesundaytimes column on the economic consequences of the plague: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/comment/dont-bet-on-a-quick-global-resurrection-z553527tx And the new anomie replaces the new normal.
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3. After it became clear that there was a full-blown epidemic spreading from Wuhan to the rest of Hubei province, why did you cut off travel from Hubei to the
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Six questions for Xi Jinping, US edition: 1. What exactly was going on in Wuhan that led to the initial emergence of SARS-CoV-2?https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/04/06/opinion/chinas-three-body-problem/ 2. How big a role did the
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