Leif Pagrotsky

Leif Pagrotsky is a Swedish politician and economist who served ten years as a minister in the Social Democratic Government, from 1996–2006, as minister for industry and trade and as minister for education, research and culture. He was elected member of parliament four times. He was Vice Chair of the Council of the Riksbank 2006–2011. Prior to his political career, he was a director and state secretary in The Ministry of Finance. From 2016-2018 he was consul general of Sweden in New York.

In a country that didn't lockdown during the coronavirus pandemic, a sign assures people that the bar is open during the COVID-19 outbreak—outside a pub in Stockholm, Sweden, on March 26, 2020. Picture Shows two side-by-side chalk placards in front of a restaurant advertising a happy hour inside. One of the signs reads, "I assure you WE'RE OPEN." REUTERS/Colm Fulton
Governance

Separated by a Common Infection

by Amar Bhidé, Leif Pagrotsky

A mess of coronavirus responses—from Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Sweden, and the U.S. federal government to U.S. states