What difference can social cohesion make?
AI: A society with a high level of solidarity is more likely to avoid high costs in the crisis. But if each social group starts playing against the other, and if the domestic political environment becomes uncertain, we will only aggravate the situation, particularly in CEE where divisions are strong. IPS: Where should government support go? Many are speaking of aiding small and medium enterprises (SME). AI: Governments should do everything to avoid deepening the crisis, but the different groups must understand they should take part of the burden for the crisis. One area of government support is in physical infrastructure: railways, highways, bridges, ports, environmental protection, where there are tasks that need to be done, and now you can accelerate the process just to create new jobs for people. These investments will become profitable, maybe not in the first year, but surely in the future. However, I fully disagree with plans to give money to those SMEs which are not and will neve
