11/05/2020 Is this the Kindleberger moment? | The Interpreter https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/kindleberger-moment 1/6 Published 28 Apr 2020 06:00 0 Comments China Coronavirus United States Is this the Kindleberger moment? PETER LAYTON Covid-19 exposes a power vacuum where exceptionalism and tinfoil hat conspiracy theories go hand in hand. Social distancing, South Africa (Marco Longari/AFP via Getty Images)