Arbeitspapier
Hiding the Elephant: The Tragedy of COVID Policy and Its Economist Apologists
In 2020 and 2021, the world witnessed policies that caused enormous net damage to nearly every country. We demonstrate the usefulness of the new WELLBY currency in gauging the costs and benefits of COVID policies and review the contributions of Australian economists to the scholarly and public debates about these policies. Our analysis documents the value of what was destroyed, the weak resistance mounted by the Australian economics profession during this period, and the role played by many Australian economists as apologists for Australia's most catastrophic peacetime economic policy failure. We close with ideas for working towards a better future.
- Sprache
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 15294
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
General Welfare; Well-Being
Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty: Government Programs; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs
Role of Economics; Role of Economists; Market for Economists
- Thema
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COVID-19
economics profession
WELLBY
welfare
health policy
Australia
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Foster, Gigi
Frijters, Paul
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
- (wer)
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Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
- (wo)
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Bonn
- (wann)
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2022
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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20.09.2024, 08:21 MESZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Foster, Gigi
- Frijters, Paul
- Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
Entstanden
- 2022
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