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Economic policy to the crisis: tools, issues and the future
Manage episode 289344267 series 2781354
Chair
Emma Congreve
Guests
Sophie Haldane
Mphatso Kumwenda
Mairi Spowage
Timestamps
(0:58) What have been the main policy tools used in response to the pandemic?
(3:10) One key theme arising from the crisis has been the differential impact of the pandemic on different sectors and income levels, what are your thoughts on how policy has responded to this?
(5:55) What are ‘scarring effects’ and how much of a policy concern are they?
(9:34) What are the trade-offs between timely, targeted, and temporary fiscal policy?
(14: 12) How much of a concern is government debt?
(18:16) Has adapting to the pandemic changed the way we think about economic policy?
92 episodes
Manage episode 289344267 series 2781354
Chair
Emma Congreve
Guests
Sophie Haldane
Mphatso Kumwenda
Mairi Spowage
Timestamps
(0:58) What have been the main policy tools used in response to the pandemic?
(3:10) One key theme arising from the crisis has been the differential impact of the pandemic on different sectors and income levels, what are your thoughts on how policy has responded to this?
(5:55) What are ‘scarring effects’ and how much of a policy concern are they?
(9:34) What are the trade-offs between timely, targeted, and temporary fiscal policy?
(14: 12) How much of a concern is government debt?
(18:16) Has adapting to the pandemic changed the way we think about economic policy?
92 episodes
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