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Zhu Min

Zhu Min, a former deputy managing director of the International Monetary Fund, is Chair of the National Institute of Financial Research at Tsinghua University
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Innovation in the Pandemic Age

Published On: April 22, 2020 04:00 PM NPT By: Zhu Min

BEIJING – The COVID-19 coronavirus poses a threat on a scale not seen since the so-called Spanish flu killed more than 50 million people in 1918-19. To confront the pandemic, many governments have imposed stay-at-home orders and even strict lockdowns, bringing the global economy nearly to a standstill. But the real solution to this crisis is not containment. It is innovation.