No Masking It: Coronavirus Has Infected China's Economy

March 3, 2020 Topic: Economics Region: Asia Blog Brand: The Buzz Tags: ChinaCoronavirusCOVID-19Economics

No Masking It: Coronavirus Has Infected China's Economy

The Covid-19 virus will cost the global economy some $1.0 trillion in annualized production in this quarter alone. And much of that is in China. Could Beijing be headed for a recession--or worse? 

Mr. Ezrati is a contributing editor at The National Interest, an affiliate of the Center for the Study of Human Capital at the University at Buffalo (SUNY), and chief economist for Vested, the New York based communications firm. His latest book is Thirty Tomorrows: The Next Three Decades of Globalization, Demographics, and How We Will Live.