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Publisher: The MIT Press
Published: 16 February 2021
DOI: 10.7551/mitpress/13768.003.0021
EISBN: 9780262363129
Publisher: The MIT Press
Published: 10 November 2020
DOI: 10.7551/mitpress/13941.003.0001
EISBN: 9780262362825
Publisher: The MIT Press
Published: 10 November 2020
DOI: 10.7551/mitpress/13941.003.0002
EISBN: 9780262362825
Publisher: The MIT Press
Published: 10 November 2020
DOI: 10.7551/mitpress/13941.003.0003
EISBN: 9780262362825
Publisher: The MIT Press
Published: 10 November 2020
DOI: 10.7551/mitpress/13941.003.0004
EISBN: 9780262362825
Publisher: The MIT Press
Published: 10 November 2020
DOI: 10.7551/mitpress/13941.003.0005
EISBN: 9780262362825
Publisher: The MIT Press
Published: 10 November 2020
DOI: 10.7551/mitpress/13941.003.0006
EISBN: 9780262362825
Publisher: The MIT Press
Published: 10 November 2020
DOI: 10.7551/mitpress/13941.003.0007
EISBN: 9780262362825
Publisher: The MIT Press
Published: 10 November 2020
DOI: 10.7551/mitpress/13941.003.0008
EISBN: 9780262362825
Publisher: The MIT Press
Published: 10 November 2020
DOI: 10.7551/mitpress/13941.003.0009
EISBN: 9780262362825
Publisher: The MIT Press
Published: 10 November 2020
DOI: 10.7551/mitpress/13941.003.0010
EISBN: 9780262362825
Publisher: The MIT Press
Published: 10 November 2020
DOI: 10.7551/mitpress/13941.003.0011
EISBN: 9780262362825
Publisher: The MIT Press
Published: 10 November 2020
DOI: 10.7551/mitpress/13941.003.0012
EISBN: 9780262362825
Publisher: The MIT Press
Published: 10 November 2020
DOI: 10.7551/mitpress/13941.003.0013
EISBN: 9780262362825
Publisher: The MIT Press
Published: 10 November 2020
DOI: 10.7551/mitpress/13941.003.0014
EISBN: 9780262362825
Publisher: The MIT Press
Published: 10 November 2020
DOI: 10.7551/mitpress/13941.003.0015
EISBN: 9780262362825
Publisher: The MIT Press
Published: 10 November 2020
DOI: 10.7551/mitpress/13941.001.0001
EISBN: 9780262362825
Why solving the information problem should be at the core of our pandemic response: essential reading about the long-term implications of our current crisis. COVID-19 is caused by a virus. The COVID-19 pandemic is caused by a lack of good information. A pandemic is essentially an information problem: this is the enlightening and provocative idea at the heart of this book. If we solve the information problem, argues economist Joshua Gans, we can defeat the virus. For example, when we don't know who is infected, we have to act as if everyone is infected. If we actively manage the information problem—if we know who is infected and with whom they had contact—we can suppress the virus or buy time for vaccine development. Emphasizing that pandemic-induced economic crises are different from past recessions, Gans maps the phases of the pandemic economy and the information needed at each stage to enable recovery. He argues that we should insulate businesses from failure and workers from job loss, and describes economic policy approaches that would help achieve this. He discusses pandemic communication strategies, privacy and public health information, and methods for handling potential vaccine shortages. To innovate our way out of this crisis, Gans argues, we must think creatively and take the long view. Pandemics may be unpredictable, but they can be planned for, and this book provides a roadmap to do so. This is an expanded version of an eBook originally published as Economics in the Age of COVID-19 .
Publisher: The MIT Press
Published: 24 April 2020
DOI: 10.7551/mitpress/13916.003.0001
EISBN: 9780262363709
Publisher: The MIT Press
Published: 24 April 2020
DOI: 10.7551/mitpress/13916.003.0002
EISBN: 9780262363709
Publisher: The MIT Press
Published: 24 April 2020
DOI: 10.7551/mitpress/13916.003.0003
EISBN: 9780262363709