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There’s a lot of talk about things never being the same again but it’s all very vague.
Basically, it’s all just guess work.Every member of the commentariat thinks this is the stimulus the world needs to change its way of living.
Every change they think this will stimulate is exactly the one they were campaigning for before.
Every set of changes proposed is diametrically opposed to another.
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It all really comes down to assumptions about how quickly and in why manner we bounce back to “normal”.
There’s a lot of talk about things never being the same again but it’s all very vague. The cynical part of me thinks people will be raring to go; travel will spike, emissions laws will be relaxed to help the economy and the Tories will have absorbed enough Labour policies to please everyone and remain in power for at least another decade.
It’s reasonable to be optimistic... Corporate culture will obviously have taken note of the cost savings of having a WFH workforce and a lot of people will be enjoying not having the monetary and time drain of the commute also. Perhaps the environmental data is strong enough to change some policies and maybe people will go on less holidays. There’ll certainly be fewer airlines.
One area I have no clue about is how all the people in collapsed industries like hospitality will get by. Lots of big talk about Universal Basic Income being some magic panacea but implemented by the wrong government will just be a way of trapping people in a low socioeconomic bubble.
Basically, it’s all just guess work.