Dec 28 2020, 11:48 AM December 28 2020, 4:30 AM December 28 2020, 11:48 AM (Bloomberg Opinion) -- From interest rates to fashion, pandemics in the past â like the Black Death in the 14th century â have left deep imprints on economic life. This time may be no different. In the aftermath of the coronavirus, governments can reimagine capitalism by giving all of us a stake in the most valuable byproduct of our day-to-day living: data. But make no mistake. It will still be a Faustian bargain. (Bloomberg Opinion) -- From interest rates to fashion, pandemics in the past â like the Black Death in the 14th century â have left deep imprints on economic life. This time may be no different. In the aftermath of the coronavirus, governments can reimagine capitalism by giving all of us a stake in the most valuable byproduct of our day-to-day living: data. But make no mistake. It will still be a Faustian bargain.Â