Macro Matters: economics, people and the pandemic – is there a missing link?
Volterra Partner, Paul Ormerod, recently took part in the Macro Matters weekly economics and political podcast from the ASI Research Institute, hosted by Paul Diggle and Stephanie Kelly. The podcast discussed human behaviour, Covid-19 and economists; listen to the podcast here.
Forget the polls endorsing lockdowns and look at how people actually behave
Economics is at long last storming the bastions of the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE). This citadel of epidemiologists and health professionals has for many months resisted the lessons which the so-called gloomy science can bring. In the context of Covid-19, economics is in fact a beacon of hope. This week, news broke of […]
