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The pandemic information gap : the brutal economics of COVID-19 / Joshua Gans

By: Gans, Joshua, 1968- [author].
Publisher: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, ©2020Description: 200 p: illustrations ; 23 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780262539128; 0262539128.Subject(s): Coronavirus infections -- Economic aspects | Viral pneumonia -- Economic aspects | Communication | Epidemics -- Economic aspectsGenre/Form: Print books.
Contents:
All About Information -- Health Before Wealth -- Predictable Surprises -- Telling the Truth -- A War Footing -- This Time It Really Is Different -- The Testing Economy -- Keeping It To Yourself -- Reemergence -- Rallying Innovation -- The Big Rationing -- The Future
Summary: "A primer to the economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, covering the reasons for shutting down the economy, and how to restart the economy after the shutdown ends"--
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-198)

All About Information -- Health Before Wealth -- Predictable Surprises -- Telling the Truth -- A War Footing -- This Time It Really Is Different -- The Testing Economy -- Keeping It To Yourself -- Reemergence -- Rallying Innovation -- The Big Rationing -- The Future

"A primer to the economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, covering the reasons for shutting down the economy, and how to restart the economy after the shutdown ends"--

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