Jan Švejnar: Big question is can government deliver smart quarantine if new wave of pandemic hits

Published: May 25, 2020, 1:27 p.m.

The Czech government’s willingness to tackle the economic impacts of the coronavirus crisis is impressive, but it must do far better when it comes to actually delivering help to hard-hit companies. And the economic slowdown could even reach double digits if another lockdown is required. So says Professor Jan Švejnar of Columbia University, who has headed a team of economists advising the Czech Republic’s Central Crisis Staff, the national Covid-19 task force.