Economist Mariana Mazzuca “We have to do all we can not to go back to normal, normal is what got us into this mess”Reviewing the implications of the COVID-19 crisis on economies and vulnerable groups is critical to guide and tweak the responses of governments and stakeholders in order to recover from the crisis. Given that, how are governments responding? How critical is addressing short-termism in the business community-value extraction amidst the current pandemic? The interplay of cost vs value of public workers?