Season 3 · Episode 16
S3 Ep16: Modelling the economic consequences of Covid-19
April 7, 202013m 24s
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Show Notes
When Covid-19 wasn't even on the radar of most policymakers, Warwick McKibbin of ANU used his experience from previous pandemics to create seven scenarios for its impact. All implied a major shock to the global economy. Tim Phillips asks him how his model was able to capture the nature of Covid-19, and which policymakers listened to the warning.
Read about McKibbin's scenarios in Chapter 3 of Economics in the Time of Covid-19.
Read about McKibbin's scenarios in Chapter 3 of Economics in the Time of Covid-19.