Government and Institutions

Economists must beat epidemiologists in the Covid intellectual battle


IEA research quoted by The Times

Beyond the Treasury, economists have been exposed are bystanders an distant from policy making decisions during the crisis. This might seem reasonable, given that this is a health crisis. But it isn’t sensible, Paul Ormerod argues in his new IEA research paper, Model Behaviour: How economists can shape the post-lockdown world.

Paul’s research formed the basis of an article by Philip Aldrick, economics editor at The Times.

Read the full article here.



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