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Chatib Basri

There's no easy way to save Indonesia’s economy

The pandemic's impact on the globe is tremendous. And after weeks of confusion and denial, this is now visible on the streets of Indonesia.

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Anyone who knows Albert Camus’ The Plague will find familiar the anxiety and confusion of the hundreds of millions of people today watching loved ones die, losing their jobs and income or just simply confined to their homes.

COVID-19 is a humanitarian problem which presents true moral dilemmas, as witnessed in Italy and Spain where doctors have to choose who's worth saving and who is not.

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Chatib Basri is an Indonesian economist and was the nation's minister of finance in 2013-2014.

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