On this episode of Democracy Sausage, eminent economist Ross Garnaut joins Mark Kenny to discuss the choices facing Australian policymakers in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis.

The world is emerging from the biggest social and economic shock in living memory, but it will be a long time before the deep scars of the COVID-19 pandemic on human wellbeing fully heal, Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana writes.

The unfolding failures in Australia’s vaccination rollout means a change of course is urgently needed – before the international border is fully opened, all Australians must have had the opportunity to be vaccinated with as efficacious a vaccine as possible, Quentin Grafton and Tom Kompas write.

Taiwan’s control of COVID-19 and robust investment policies have helped its economy grow, but many potential challenges remain for its government, Huynh Tam Sang writes.

Rather than creating chaos in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, the COVID-19 pandemic has been turned into an opportunity for the Kim dynasty to further tighten its grip on power, Leonid Petrov writes.

Anyone hoping for a post-pandemic boom of international cooperation might want to manage their expectations, Gorana Grgić writes.