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Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: AudiobookHub Recommendation
Chapter 2: Deliberate, widespread unpreparedness let the virus grind global public life to a sudden standstill.
Chapter 3: China’s forceful response to Covid’s Wuhan outbreak firmly cemented the regime’s legitimacy.
Chapter 4: Across the West, responses to Covid were sluggish and disjointed.
Chapter 5: The US undertook drastic measures to preserve the global economy’s very existence as we once understood it.
Chapter 6: As the EU and US reeled under the pandemic’s new fiscal reality, China returned again to its upward path.
Chapter 7: Emerging markets endured using stress-tested ways of securing credit.
Chapter 8: In the fall of 2020, Covid surged anew across the US, worsening the nation’s wounds.
Chapter 9: The Covid story remains unfinished, yet a broad consensus has now emerged on how best to manage its economic fallout.
Description
Shutdown (2021) explores the unprecedented shock COVID-19 dealt the world economy. The story begins with the revelation of the disease in January 2020 by Chinese President Xi Jinping and ends precisely a year later with the inauguration of US President Joe Biden, and through this history, Shutdown shows how markets and governments reeled from the blow, how they regained their footing, and what we might learn for the next worldwide crisis.
Who Should Listen
- News junkies and history buffs alike
- Those who know that economic policy matters
- Anyone seeking perspective on our tumultuous times