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Economists, COVID Is a Watershed for Progress and Growth
Many resources or public funds have been diverted to COVID and therefore taken away from other types of cancer, whatever the other illnesses were. These resources are coming from somewhere, so you are increasing taxes in general, which means taxpayers have less resources for other things. GDP will definitely grow beyond 2019 levels worldwide everywhere, but it won't be the same GDP. There will be less business travel, bigger spaces,. "We are not going to forget it has been a brutal global shock," says Barroso.