Coronavirus: have we already missed the opportunity to build a better world?

Many people like to say that the coronavirus is teaching us a lesson, as if the pandemic were a kind of morality play that should lead to a change in our behaviour. It shows us that we can make big shifts quickly if we want to. That we can build back better. That social inequality is starkly revealed at times of crisis. That there is a "magic money tree". The idea that crisis leads to change was also common during the financial crunch over a decade ago, but that didn't produce any lasting transformations. So will post-COVID life be any different?

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