Christine Lagarde: How covid-19 will scar Europe

Christine Lagarde: How covid-19 will scar Europe

Europe has been widely criticised for its slow response to the covid-19 pandemic.

Christine Lagarde, president of the European Central Bank, discusses the long-term damage and whether things might have been different had there been more female leaders.

Chapter titles 00:00 - Covid-19 in Europe 00:52 - How covid-19 worsens inequality 03:35 - Why female leaders have performed better 05:10 - How to have more female leaders 06:38 - Europe’s stimulus & economic recovery 08:29 - Central banks & digital currencies Further content: Listen to more of this webinar in an episode of The Economist Asks podcast: https://econ.st/3tUBJ1p Sign up to The Economist’s daily newsletter to keep up to date: https://econ.st/3pfUIjq Find all of our coverage of covid-19: https://econ.st/3aa9Ri1 See our data tracking the coronavirus across Europe: https://econ.st/3p877Gg How covid-19 threatens Europe’s success at fighting inequality: https://econ.st/3qj092o Why gender equality in Europe is still a long way off: https://econ.st/2OoagoA See our most recent glass ceiling index: https://econ.st/3d7J33J Covid-19 school closures are widening Europe’s class divisions: https://econ.st/2MQW3QV Why Europe has fallen behind on covid-19 vaccination: https://econ.st/375snWM Europe’s delays in covid-19 vaccine delivery are causing tempers to flare: https://econ.st/3abvrmq Introducing The Jab—a new podcast about the world’s vaccination roll-out: https://econ.st/2NmmeOY How Europe is dodging responsibility for its vaccine fiasco: https://econ.st/3tZLbRt Will covid-19 vaccines work against new variants of the virus?

Https://econ.st/2ZcLsC5 There will be enough vaccines for all—but only if rich countries share: https://econ.st/3tRChFq Germany’s economic prospects for this year have darkened: https://econ.st/3aeLW1a Read about Covid-19 and repression in Turkey: https://econ.st/3qetpaN How the lockdown has helped Greece to digitise: https://econ.st/2MRo8aM Will central-bank digital currencies break the banking system?

Https://econ.st/3tTzHP6 Why European banks need new chiefs: https://econ.st/2Z7zZUB