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The A1 Verse: the pandemic that ate the economy

By Thomas Gaulkin | July 21, 2020

How long will business be depressed by COVID-19? (Photo by Mx. Granger via Wikimedia)

Every so often, a story in the New York Times is so well written, meaningful, and appropriate to the Bulletin‘s concerns that small snippets of it, properly chosen and arranged, produce something more than journalism, something that approaches … poetry. That blessed coincidence occurred today, July 21, 2020.

We suspect it’ll occur again.

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Executives Fear Economic Agony Is Far From Over
(From the original by David Gelles)

On the rise
Rolling back
Steeling themselves

Less than I was
Last week was weaker
than the week before

Important parts
Remain shuttered
Empty as the virus

Losing momentum


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A painted Doomsday Clock surrounded by text snippets and illustrations from the Bulletin’s magazine archives appears beside text that reads, “Discuss the US elections, geopolitics, space, and more at the Bulletin’s annual gathering. On November 12, join 250 attendees and members of Bulletin leadership—including those who set the Doomsday Clock—at our annual gathering in Chicago.” Below it, a button that reads, “Get my ticket.”

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