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In addition to its human toll, the coronavirus pandemic has wreaked economic havoc around the world. Entire economies ground to a virtual standstill as governments implemented strict lockdowns to prevent the spread of the virus. The impact on individual countries has only been exacerbated by the disruptions to global trade caused by the pandemic, and uncertainty still surrounds the shape of the economic recovery that will come in its aftermath.\\xa0

But even before the pandemic, the developed economies of Western democracies faced structural obstacles to growth that have called into question their models of governance, even as China\\u2019s high-growth development path offers a competitive alternative.\\xa0

For this week\\u2019s big picture Trend Lines interview, Dr. Dambisa Moyo joins WPR editor-in-chief Judah Grunstein for a look at the challenges facing the developed economies, and how the pandemic will affect them and the global economy more broadly. Dr. Moyo holds a Ph.D. in economics from Oxford University and a master\\u2019s degree from Harvard University. She worked at the World Bank and Goldman Sachs for nearly a decade, and she is the author of four New York Times bestselling books, most recently, \\u201cEdge of Chaos: Why Democracy Is Failing to Deliver Economic Growth\\u2014and How to Fix It,\\u201d published in 2018. Her upcoming book, \\u201cHow Boards Work\\u2014and How They Can Work Better in a Chaotic World,\\u201d is scheduled to be published in the spring of 2021. \\xa0

Relevant Articles on WPR:

Governments Acted Fast to Save the Economy. Now Too Many Have Pandemic Fatigue

How the Pandemic Is Accelerating a \\u2018Splintering of the Internet\\u2019

Zambia\\u2019s Looming Default Is Only the Start of a Global Reckoning With Debt

Trump\\u2019s Trade Wars, and Now COVID-19, Are Unraveling Trade as We Know It

Trend Lines is produced and edited by Peter D\\xf6rrie, a freelance journalist and analyst focusing on security and resource politics in Africa. You can follow him on Twitter at @peterdoerrie.

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