Human-Environment-Health and reinforcement of individual resilience

Didier Sornette, Peter Cauwels, Euan Mearns and Ke Wu
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Didier Sornette: ETH Zürich - Department of Management, Technology, and Economics (D-MTEC); Swiss Finance Institute
Peter Cauwels: ETH Zürich; Director Quaerens CommV
Euan Mearns: ETH Zürich - Department of Management, Technology, and Economics (D-MTEC)
Ke Wu: ETH Zurich - Department of Management, Technology, and Economics (D-MTEC)

No 20-23, Swiss Finance Institute Research Paper Series from Swiss Finance Institute

Abstract: The ongoing SARS-CoV-2 pandemic is stressing the world population, health care system and economies at a level not experienced since WWII or the last “Spanish flu” pandemic of 1918. This shock provides a real-life test of the resilience of human societies, challenging our understanding and level of preparation. We suggest that a decay of global individual health resilience, due to cumulative multi-factor pollutions and modern ways of life, has made the whole population strongly susceptible to the Covid 19 pandemic. To ensure future resilient societies, we propose to prioritize economic development fostering depollution of the ecosystem and of individuals, and training individual responsibility.

Keywords: Covid-19; resilience; system; pollution; individual responsibility; social digital technologies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I12 I18 I30 M14 Q50 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 6 pages
Date: 2020-04
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-env and nep-hea
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