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Economic recovery will come with high levels of unemployment: how should governments respond?

Two key factors distinguish the economic consequences of coronavirus from those of previous crises.

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One is the  in such a short space of time. The other is the incredibly swift digital transformation which has changed the way society works and consumes.

In this new digital landscape, as well as a widespread shift to home working, the resurgence of e-commerce and even the  have become facts of everyday life.

In effect, the credit for the rapid digitising of most companies  with business leaders – but to the arrival of Covid-19.

Any exit from the current lockdown is likely to reverse some of this digital transformation, but not all of it.

And the unprecedented scale of what has happened will have a significant impact on employment levels for a long time – even as economies rebuild...

Dr Dawid Trzeciakiewicz, of the School of Business and Economics, discusses how the government should respond to the economic impact of COVID-19 in the .

He co-authored the article with Professor Gulcin Ozkan, of King's College London, and Dr Richard McManus, of Canterbury Christ Church University. 

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