The economics of COVID-19 : implications of the pandemic for economic thought and public policy /
Imad A. Moosa.
- xiv, 232 pages : illustrations (black and white)
The economics and epidemiology of epidemics and pandemics -- Measures and determinants of the severity of Covid-19 -- The effects and consequences of Covid-19 -- Public policy response to the pandemic -- Implications for democracy, militarism and international relations -- Rethinking the free market doctrine -- Rethinking the free market doctrine -- Rethinking the principles of the Washington Consensus -- Rethinking healthcare and welfare -- Rethinking the status quo.
"This timely book explores the neglected risk in the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic, illustrating the ways in which four decades of neoliberal economic and public policy has eroded the functional capacity of states to handle catastrophic events."--