Day 1,875: passivity, lax

But to do so they will need to steer between protectionism on one hand, and passivity on the other.

But policymakers should also beware of being too lax.

Chinese companies are winning the global south

Artwork of the day 
Courteous Passivity
Victor_Brauner
Original Title: Passivité courtoise
Date: 1929 - 1935
Style: Surrealism
Genre: symbolic painting
Media: oil
Dimensions: 130 x 160 cm

Word of the day 
passivity: the quality or state of being passive
lax: without much care, attention, or control:

Quote of the day
“I have the choice of being constantly active and happy or introspectively passive and sad. Or I can go mad by ricocheting in between.”

― Sylvia Plath, The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath