The Pandemic Information Gap: The Brutal Economics of Covid-19
| AUTHOR | Gans, Joshua; Gans, Joshua |
| PUBLISHER | MIT Press (11/10/2020) |
| PRODUCT TYPE | Paperback (Paperback) |
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Why solving the information problem should be at the core of our pandemic response: essential reading about the long-term implications of our current crisis. COVID-19 is caused by a virus. The COVID-19 pandemic is caused by a lack of good information. A pandemic is essentially an information problem: this is the enlightening and provocative idea at the heart of this book. If we solve the information problem, argues economist Joshua Gans, we can defeat the virus. For example, when we don't know who is infected, we have to act as if everyone is infected. If we actively manage the information problem--if we know who is infected and with whom they had contact--we can suppress the virus or buy time for vaccine development. This is an expanded version of an eBook originally published as Economics in the Age of COVID-19.
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ISBN-13:
9780262539128
ISBN-10:
0262539128
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Paperback or Softback (Trade Paperback (Us))
Content Language:
English
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Page Count:
216
Carton Quantity:
34
Product Dimensions:
6.00 x 0.60 x 8.90 inches
Weight:
0.57 pound(s)
Feature Codes:
Bibliography,
Price on Product,
Illustrated
Country of Origin:
US
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BISAC Categories
Design | General
Design | Human-Computer Interaction (HCI)
Design | Engineering (General)
Grade Level:
College Freshman
and up
Dewey Decimal:
362.196
Library of Congress Control Number:
2020028165
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Why solving the information problem should be at the core of our pandemic response: essential reading about the long-term implications of our current crisis. COVID-19 is caused by a virus. The COVID-19 pandemic is caused by a lack of good information. A pandemic is essentially an information problem: this is the enlightening and provocative idea at the heart of this book. If we solve the information problem, argues economist Joshua Gans, we can defeat the virus. For example, when we don't know who is infected, we have to act as if everyone is infected. If we actively manage the information problem--if we know who is infected and with whom they had contact--we can suppress the virus or buy time for vaccine development. This is an expanded version of an eBook originally published as Economics in the Age of COVID-19.
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