Economics in the Age of COVID-19
Written by Joshua Gans
Narrated by Barry Abrams
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Gans outlines the phases of the pandemic economy, from containment to reset to recovery and enhancement. Warning against thinking in terms of a "tradeoff" between public health and economic health, Gans explains that containment gives us the opportunity to develop effective testing that will make it safe for people to interact. Once the virus is contained, we will need to pivot toward innovating, and, finally, we will come together to plan how to protect ourselves from future pandemics. He looks at policy tools that might aid an economic recovery, distinguishing between economic losses during a pandemic and a recession.
Gans lays out the economic choices accessibly but with urgency, leaving politics out of it. Economics in the Age of COVID-19 is a must-listen book for anyone interested in the long-term implications of our current crisis.
Joshua Gans
Joshua Gans is a professor of strategic management and the Jeffrey S. Skoll Chair in Technical Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management. He has authored numerous books on innovation, including The Disruption Dilemma (MIT Press), Prediction Machines (HBR Press), Innovation + Equality (MIT Press), and Economics in the Age of COVID-19 (MIT Press). He is the chief economist of the Creative Destruction Lab and vice president (economics) of the CDL Rapid Screening Consortium.
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