Can bold policy and targeted measures ward off prolonged depression?

Amid estimates more than a quarter of global economic activity could be wiped out within a year, economists such as Rémi Bourgeot, associate researcher at the Iris Institute, are calling for bold policy action, and targeted measures, to keep a prolonged depression at bay.

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