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The Pandemic Information Gap
The Brutal Economics of COVID-19
Taschenbuch von Joshua Gans
Sprache: Englisch

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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.

This is an expanded version of an eBook originally published as Economics in the Age of COVID-19.
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.

This is an expanded version of an eBook originally published as Economics in the Age of COVID-19.
Über den Autor
Joshua Gans
Inhaltsverzeichnis
1 All about Information 1
2 Health before Wealth 13
3 Predictable Surprises 29
4 Telling the Truth 45
5 A War Footing 57
6 This Time It Really Is Different 71
7 The Testing Economy 87
8 Keeping It to Yourself 105
9 Reemergence 115
10 Rallying Innovation 125
11 The Big Rationing 143
12 The Future 151
Notes 163
About the Author 199
Details
Empfohlen (von): 18
Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
Fachbereich: Populäre Darstellungen
Genre: Politikwissenschaft & Soziologie
Rubrik: Wissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Einband - flex.(Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780262539128
ISBN-10: 0262539128
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: Paperback
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Gans, Joshua
Hersteller: MIT Press
Maße: 229 x 152 x 13 mm
Von/Mit: Joshua Gans
Erscheinungsdatum: 10.11.2020
Gewicht: 0,355 kg
Artikel-ID: 118233750
Über den Autor
Joshua Gans
Inhaltsverzeichnis
1 All about Information 1
2 Health before Wealth 13
3 Predictable Surprises 29
4 Telling the Truth 45
5 A War Footing 57
6 This Time It Really Is Different 71
7 The Testing Economy 87
8 Keeping It to Yourself 105
9 Reemergence 115
10 Rallying Innovation 125
11 The Big Rationing 143
12 The Future 151
Notes 163
About the Author 199
Details
Empfohlen (von): 18
Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
Fachbereich: Populäre Darstellungen
Genre: Politikwissenschaft & Soziologie
Rubrik: Wissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Einband - flex.(Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780262539128
ISBN-10: 0262539128
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: Paperback
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Gans, Joshua
Hersteller: MIT Press
Maße: 229 x 152 x 13 mm
Von/Mit: Joshua Gans
Erscheinungsdatum: 10.11.2020
Gewicht: 0,355 kg
Artikel-ID: 118233750
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