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S4 Ep31: Covid's effect on inequality
Season 4 · Episode 31

S4 Ep31: Covid's effect on inequality

VoxTalks Economics

July 30, 202118m 43s

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Show Notes

Jonathan Ostry of the IMF has investigated a century of pandemics and discovered that not only do they make our societies less equal, but they lead to a K-shaped recovery. He tells Tim Phillips that, unlike other crises, pandemics open a permanent gap between winners and losers.

Ungated paper at https://cepr.online/DP16122