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14 May 2020
The seminal work on epidemiological models was carried out in the late 1920s and early 1930s. The models have developed substantially since then, but …
11 May 2020
This paper argues that testing participation – and not testing capacity – is the biggest obstacle to a successful “test and isolate” strategy, as …
29 April 2020
Pandemics are a recurring feature of human history. In the modern world, since the 1770s, we have had a series of pandemics, with a …
17 April 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic is a serious challenge for societies around the world. In response to it not only individuals are changing their behaviour, but …
1 April 2020
This analysis is based on five scenarios for the length of the shutdown and an attempt to rate the industry’s production losses. The scenarios …
1 February 2020
A ban on opening a new supermarket is evidence that people want a new supermarket, for if they did not there would be no …
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Mikko Arevuo // 28 May 2020
The progress that free trade and globalisation have achieved are coming under severe threat from the Covid-19 pandemic. There are siren …
Zine-Eddine Aklil // 18 May 2020
To overcome the Covid-19 crisis, the European Central Bank is considering pooling debt issuances among the countries of the Eurozone in what has recently …
Steve Davies // 6 May 2020
There are features of our way of life and some of our economic systems that make outbreaks like Covid-19 more likely. The pandemic we …
Alvaro Martin // 5 May 2020
There has been a great deal of debate recently – not just in the media, but also in academia and among economic analysts – …
Louis Kill-Brown // 30 April 2020
Much of the WHO rhetoric on COVID-19 has treated the pandemic as an unavoidable, natural disaster devoid of blame – this is …
Kingsmill Bond // 22 April 2020
I was sitting in a hot tub in Leningrad in the summer of 1990 when I realised the Soviet Union would fall. There were …
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