
Economic Shock and Implications
COVID-19 has had a devastating effect on our economy. Since the start of the crisis, governments across the world have spent billions attempting to protect industries and jobs. This section explores the implications for financial markets, the prospects for a quick recovery, and why the pandemic is exacerbating existing socio-economic inequalities.

Lily Fang
AXA Chair in Financial Market Risk
INSEAD (France)
The social divide

Debra Roberts
Member of AXA Research Fund’s Scientific Board
Head, Sustainable and Resilient City Initiatives Unit, eThekwini Municipality (South Africa)

Luigi Guiso
AXA Chair in Household Finance & Insurance
Einaudi Institute for the Economy and Finance (Italy)
Health insurance in emerging markets

Garance Wattez-Richard
Head of AXA Emerging Customers
Geopolitics and Covid-19
Implications for the international order, democracy and privacy

J. Peter Burgess
AXA Chair in the Geopolitics of Risk
Ecole Normale Supérieure, France