Pandemics show us what government is for

Susan Erikson ()
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Susan Erikson: Simon Fraser University

Nature Human Behaviour, 2020, vol. 4, issue 5, 441-442

Abstract: Growth-at-any-cost economics has health costs, a reality the COVID-19 pandemic brings into sharp relief. Governments must manage the tension between economics and health, but they should not stray from their original mandate to protect people. Too much dependence on the private sector weakened pandemic response, argues Susan Erikson.

Date: 2020
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