Ryan a Bourne

Economics in One Virus

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Produktbeschreibung

Economics in One Virus provides an introduction to timeless economic insights using the case study of COVID-19.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cato Institute
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. November 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 155mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 522g
• ISBN-13: 9781952223068
• ISBN-10: 1952223067
• Artikelnr.: 60696261

Autorenporträt

By Ryan A. Bourne

Inhaltsangabe

INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER 1: What Does It Mean to Be Economically "Worse Off" during a
Pandemic?
An introduction to economic welfare
CHAPTER 2: Should I Be Free to Risk Infecting Your Grandma with a Deadly
Virus?
An introduction to externalities
CHAPTER 3: Did We Close Down the Economy?
An introduction to public and private action
CHAPTER 4: How Much Would You Spend to Save My Life?
An introduction to the value of a statistical life
CHAPTER 5: When Is a Lockdown Cure Worse than the Disease?
An introduction to cost-benefit analysis
CHAPTER 6 Why Was I Banned from Going Fishing?
An introduction to thinking on the margin
CHAPTER 7: What Good Is a Pandemic Plan with So Many Unknowns?
An introduction to uncertainty and the knowledge problem
CHAPTER 8: Why Did Protests and Marches Not Lead to Obvious Spikes in
COVID-19 Cases?
An introduction to endogeneity
CHAPTER 9: Why Couldn't I Get a COVID-19 Test Back in February and March
2020?
An introduction to regulatory trade-offs
CHAPTER 10: Why Was There No Hand Sanitizer in My Pharmacy for Months?
An introduction to the price mechanism
CHAPTER 11: Does the Pandemic Show That We Need More U.S.-Based
Manufacturing?
An introduction to trade and specialization
CHAPTER 12: Why Is That Guy in the Mask Getting So Close?
An introduction to moral hazard
CHAPTER 13: Why Did Airlines Get a Special Bailout, But Not My Industry?
An introduction to public choice economics
CHAPTER 14: Why Didn't My Workers Want to Be Rehired?
An introduction to incentives
CHAPTER 15: Why Weren't We Well Prepared for the Pandemic?
An introduction to political incentives
CHAPTER 16: Can We Really Just Turn an Economy off and Back on Again?
An introduction to the nature of an economy
CONCLUSION: What is Economics Good For?
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
NOTES
INDEX
ABOUT THE AUTHOR