A bull statue stands outside the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. (Photographer: Alex Kraus/Bloomberg)
(Bloomberg Businessweek) -- Americans are applying for jobless benefits by the millions, the economy is in recession, and cities across the U.S. have seen some of the largest protests in decades in response to police violence. Covid-19 deaths have topped 110,000, and the virus is still very much with us, not only in the U.S. but across the world.