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Best of this week’s opinion

Martin Wolf argues Covid-19 lays bare the risks of financial leverage, Gideon Rachman says it may bring a global ceasefire, and despite a US stock market rally, Gillian Tett warns of ominous signs. Here’s the best of this week’s comment and analysis

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Coronavirus crisis lays bare the risks of financial leverage, again
This time it is capital markets, rather than banks, that have to reform
Corporate bailouts should come with strings
Business cannot expect emergency cash without sensible conditions
US stock market rally confuses liquidity with solvency
Many zombie companies will fail, no matter how much is sprayed around by the Fed
The end of UK coronavirus lockdown will threaten a new health divide
Those with the fewest rights are least able to demand a safe workplace
Coronavirus apps: the risk of slipping into a surveillance state
Governments are weighing a trade-off between the effectiveness of tech solutions to track the pandemic and privacy
A crisis can spur invention, but it rarely works miracles
It would be naive to believe that tech evangelists can ever provide the full answer

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