An economic, political and social letter

The upcoming exit from the pandemic — it’s about time! — confronts us with an unprecedented situation. For over a year now, our lifestyles have been disrupted, and whole swaths of the world economy have been shut down. As the vaccination campaigns prove successful to varying degrees — depending on whether you’re American, European, Chinese or from elsewhere in the emerging world — we’ll be able to give freer rein to our long-suppressed lust for life.