Sydney teeters at virus abyss

Monday, 13 July 2020

Two things I will observe from my one week break.

First, the rise of masks is obvious.

Second, it’s just as well because Melbourne has not locked down anything like it did in round one. People are everywhere. With plenty of rubbing of shoulders and sharing of oxygen.

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About the author

David Llewellyn-Smith is Chief Strategist at the MB Fund and MB Super. David is the founding publisher and editor of MacroBusiness and was the founding publisher and global economy editor of The Diplomat, the Asia Pacific’s leading geo-politics and economics portal. He is also a former gold trader and economic commentator at The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, the ABC and Business Spectator. He is the co-author of The Great Crash of 2008 with Ross Garnaut and was the editor of the second Garnaut Climate Change Review.