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Jim O’Neill: explaining the pandemic performance differential

There is a striking correlation between performance at containing Covid-19 and past economic-development rankings. This has lessons for the future

Jim O’Neill: explaining the pandemic performance differential
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I recently re-read and reflected on everything I have written for Project Syndicate since the start of this year. Two commentaries, in particular, stood out. In January, I suggested that without a new surge in productivity, the world would struggle to achieve the same level of economic growth in the 2020s as it did in previous decades.

Then, in February, I applauded South Korean director Bong Joon-ho for winning Best Picture at the Academy Awards with the 2019 hit Parasite. That achievement, I concluded, was further evidence that South Korea’s economic and national growth has been one of the most interesting and compelling stories of my generation.

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