2021 English Debate Club - 2

2021.1.23

Ice-breaking :

Transfer to the other Department.

Why Korean media platform use the other business model compared to foreigns.

 

1. Covid congestion raises the spectre of inflation

www.ft.com/content/0ca884ee-cdd1-4ef0-ba27-40ed5691f118

Covid congestion raises the spectre of inflation

Shipping costs are a notoriously volatile economic indicator. It takes years to build a container ship, so when demand is high there is little prospect of bringing more on stream: that means prices rocket. If demand is low there is not much else a vessel can be used for, so prices swiftly collapse thanks to the excess capacity. Empty containers were left stranded in Europe and the US during the first set of lockdowns, but now ports cannot handle the volume of trade.

** Investment market, inflation, 

2. K-shaped recovery widens inequality in Korea

www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/biz/2021/01/602_302746.html

K-shaped recovery widens inequality in Korea

"Large companies are well prepared to make a robust recovery, but small and medium companies and the self-employed are limited in adapting to the changing business environment," 

 

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