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Why the pandemic’s data can be misleading

It is imperative to recognize the limitations of the mathematical models with which experts are analyzing scenarios and forecasting the potential death toll of the coronavirus pandemic. The limitations of these models and the wide degree of…

A bazooka of words

“We are at war,” President Emmanuel Macron stressed six times as France slipped into lockdown to halt the spread of the coronavirus. “We are at war (…), fighting an invisible enemy,” US President Donald Trump echoed from the other shore of…

Le lezioni “politiche” del piano Marshall

Da settimane analisti, commentatori e politici evocano una sorta di Piano Marshall per contrastare le conseguenze economiche della pandemia. È un richiamo opportuno. Ma i riferimenti storici sono importanti, per il pensiero e l’azione, solo…