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Paul Romer on the Pandemic

In this bonus episode of EconTalk, economist and Nobel Laureate Paul Romer discusses the coronavirus pandemic with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Romer argues that the status quo of shutdown and fear of infection is unsustainable. Returning to normal requires an inexpensive, quick, and relatively painless test. Such tests are now available. The challenge is…

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  1. Why Are We Seriously Overestimating Covid19 Death Rate at 10:47

    Instead of measuring Covid-related deaths as a proportion of the infected population, we are measuring it as an average percentage of people who got… Full answer

  2. Why Is the United States So Behind on Covid Testing at 25:34

    Due to regulations and approvals, we are in a short supply of conventional tests. Full answer

  3. How Do We Move Forward With Covid19 Post Lockdown at 49:54

    We have to face the fact that viruses will spread faster than ever before. People want to move around, and it would be un-American to constrain our freedoms. Full answer

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