Green zones will have higher long-run economic growth than red zones. They tend to have:
- competent states
- high trust societies
- savings to weather lockdown
- respect for science
- smart use of tech
- future time orientation
Hong Kong is an exception. But this is the trend.
- competent states
- high trust societies
- savings to weather lockdown
- respect for science
- smart use of tech
- future time orientation
Hong Kong is an exception. But this is the trend.
You have to think a few steps ahead. Simply opening the economy won't bring the customers back. Red zones will be under de facto domestic and international sanction. Capital and talent will avoid these places, and leave if they can.
If you believe that the New Zealand strategy of containment is optimal, but the US is too incompetent to achieve it, you might have to resort to the Snow Crash Strategy.
Communities & companies buy tests, build green zones, establish cordon sanitaires.
Communities & companies buy tests, build green zones, establish cordon sanitaires.
