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A year on from the WHO declaring Covid 19 a pandemic, we examine the economic impact. Economists Marianna Mazzucato from University College London and Richard Portes from the London Business School discuss whether coronavirus has presented an opportunity for policymakers to build back in a way which might actually benefit people around the world. Also in the programme, environmental activists from around the world will be attending a Global Forest Summit this weekend. Event organisers Thomas Friang, founding CEO of the Open Diplomacy Institute and St茅phane Hallaire, President of Reforest鈥橝ction tell us why a summit to address global deforestation is so urgent. The Australian government has launched a subsidy scheme offering half price air tickets to domestic holiday spots such as the Gold Coast. Margy Osmond is chief executive of Australia's Tourism and Transport Forum, and tells us what impact the move is likely to have on the country's faltering tourism sector. Plus, the 大象传媒's Ijeoma Ndukwe reports on the difficulties that many of those held in the United States pre-trial have with paying bail, and asks whether a new reform agenda might help reverse social and racial inequality in the American justice system.

(Picture: Chairs piled outside closed restaurants in Lisbon. Picture credit: Getty Images.)