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The Political Economy of Covid-19: Covid-19, Inequality and Government Responses
  This comprehensive book brings together research published during 2021 analysing the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the economy – on output and employment, on inequality, and on public policy responses.

The Covid-19 pandemic has been the greatest public health crisis for a century – since the ‘Spanish Flu’ pandemic of 1919. The economic impact has been equally seismic. While it is too early to measure the full economic cost – since much of this will continue to accumulate for some time to come – it will certainly be one of the greatest global economic shocks of the past century.

Some chapters in this edited volume report on specific countries, while some take a comparative look between countries, and others analyse the impact upon the global economy. Even before the Covid-19 pandemic, there had been calls for a ‘great reset’ in face of the climate crisis, the increased income and wealth inequality, and the need to avoid further global financial crisis. With the devastating Covid-19 pandemic – a harbinger for further such pandemics – there is an even greater need for a reset, and for the reset to be that much greater.

The chapters in this book were originally published as special issues in the journal International Review of Applied Economics.

  • Date:

    25 May 2022

  • Publication Status:

    Published

  • Publisher

    Routledge

  • DOI:

    10.4324/9781003307440

  • Funders:

    Edinburgh Napier Funded

Citation

Michie, J., & Sheehan, M. (2022). The Political Economy of Covid-19: Covid-19, Inequality and Government Responses. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003307440

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