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Laurence Boone - OECD Chief Economist

20/03/2020 GMT

Laurence Boone: Is enough being done to prevent a recession?

BBC World Service - HARDtalk, Laurence Boone: Is enough being done to prevent a recession?

The chief economist at the global economic forum, the OECD, discusses Covid-19

Laurence Boone, chief economist at the global economic forum, the OECD, discusses the fiscal impact of Covid-19. Are world leaders doing enough to prevent another recession?

HARDtalk’s Stephen Sackur speaks to Laurence Boone, chief economist at the global economic forum, the OECD. Leaders around the world have adopted the language of war to capture the scale of the threat posed by coronavirus. But are they deploying the right weaponry, not just to protect public health, but to prevent a worldwide economic depression? Will we get the dramatic, coordinated, emergency intervention needed to stave off economic disaster?

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