As our days slow down due to prudence and precautions that everyone uses to protect oneself and others from the risk of an insidious viral infection we are lead to reflect on the fragility of a global world that cannot stop its race. The interdependence of economic processes is so much strong that interrupting the supply of a small mechanical component paralyzes the production plants of large multinational companies. The tourism sector of entire countries is in crisis due to the suspension of air routes as well as due to indelible images of supermarkets with empty shelves shown by all news channels on screens all over the world. The financial sector suffers the consequences of the deep uncertainty of the moment with waves of sales that cause stock markets to fluctuate wildly and the value of safe-haven assets such as precious metals to rise.
