This website has been translated for your convenience, but no automatic translation is perfect. The official text is the English version of the website. If any questions arise related to the accuracy of the translation, please refer to the English version.
17 April 2020
Economic policy   Labour market policy

Economic Impact of the Covid-19 Crisis – by John Evans

John Evans, former General Secretary of the TUAC, writes about the covid-19 crisis and draws some lessons from the 2008-2009 crisis, including: Countries which preserve jobs and value workers will be the most resilient to this and future shocks Policies and their financing must be socially fair ...

Share article:

John Evans, former General Secretary of the TUAC, writes about the covid-19 crisis and draws some lessons from the 2008-2009 crisis, including:

  • Countries which preserve jobs and value workers will be the most resilient to this and future shocks
  • Policies and their financing must be socially fair and seen to be fair
  • Developing countries are particularly at risk and failing to aid them now will risk a boomerang effect of the pandemic returning
  • Support for the financial sector and beyond should not be unconditional
  • International co-operation must complement national action

Read the rest of this reasoned analysis by opening the PDF file attached.

(An abridged version of the article will appear in Social Europe)

17 April 2020

Economic Impact of the Covid-19 Crisis – by John Evans

Download FileDownload (500.77 KB)

Economic policy
Related content
“Coronavirus, but not only” – TUAC Comments on OECD Outlook / “Coronavirus, mais pas seulement” Commentaires du TUAC sur les perspectives de l’OCDE Covid-19: The short-term OECD mapping of employment and social policy issues Covid19 crisis: Mapping out trade union and social partners’ responses OECD brief on COVID-19 health policy responses and a dire reminder of the need for well-funded universal healthcare The Impact and Implications of the COVID 19-Crisis on Educational Systems and Households

Follow us

The TUAC Newsletter

Register here

By clicking ‘subscribe’ you accept to receiving emails from TUAC and for your email to be used by Mailchimp for this purpose.

You can unsubscribe at any time by clicking the link in the footer of our emails. Please contact us at tuac@tuac.org should you have any questions.

We use Mailchimp as our marketing platform. By clicking below to subscribe, you acknowledge that your information will be transferred to Mailchimp for processing. Learn more about Mailchimp's privacy practices here.