The Pandemic and the Economic Crisis: A Global Agenda for Urgent Action. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_ukBpf0PbE Jayati Ghosh, Joseph Stiglitz, Rohinton Medhora, Michael Spence, and Rob Johnson
https://www.ineteconomics.org/research/research-papers/the-pandemic-and-the-economic-crisis-a-global-agenda-for-urgent-action The central thrust is that there are a series of actions that the developed countries could take today, at low cost to themselves, but which would be in their enlightened self-interest—and would be of enormous benefit to the billions of people in the developing world and emerging markets.
Section I focuses on worldwide access to vaccines and other medicines. The ugliness of vaccine and other aspects of pandemic nationalism. Fear of scarcity of vaccines..
In Section II, Most developing countries are struggling to get the funds to continue existing programs, let alone meet the additional costs imposed by the pandemic.
Section III discusses the urgency of addressing the debt issue. One way of giving more fiscal space to developing countries and emerging markets is a comprehensive standstill on debt servicing.
Calculating the Cost of COVID https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAZCvm6nywo
Inflation? Expanding digital currencies? What's next in this brave new world?
Jens Nordvig (Founder & CEO, Exante Data) describes what he saw as the pandemic unfolded, and where it might be taking us.
How Might the Pandemic Change the World Economy? [Kaushik Basu] How Might the Pandemic Change the World Economy? [Kaushik Basu] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTFYsB__R2M Professor Kaushik Basu, joins us to explore what the post-pandemic world may look like. As he envisions heightening tensions between labor interests and the interests of the capital-owning class he argues that a nation’s ultimate success will depend on how it manages this tension. Will the process of globalization witness a setback or will it surprise us by speeding up? The discussion will explore why it might indeed be the latter, and the new challenges that this will give rise to.