We’re in the fog of COVID, and it would be tempting to extrapolate our lockdown lifestyles into the post-COVID world. However, we have to careful not to assume that human nature and habits have fundamentally altered. Indeed, the French phrase – “plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose” (the more things change, the more they stay the same) – is apt. With that in mind, I’ve listed how I think the big themes of the “before COVID” (BC) world will change in the “after COVID’ (AC) world…
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We’re in the fog of COVID, and it would be tempting to extrapolate our lockdown lifestyles into the post-COVID world. However, we have to careful not to assume that human nature and habits have fundamentally altered. Indeed, the French phrase – “plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose” (the more things change, the more they stay the same) – is apt. With that in mind, I’ve listed how I think the big themes of the “before COVID” (BC) world will change in the “after COVID’ (AC) world:
Bilal Hafeez is the CEO and Editor of Macro Hive. He spent over twenty years doing research at big banks – JPMorgan, Deutsche Bank, and Nomura, where he had various “Global Head” roles and did FX, rates and cross-markets research.
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