Stefano Caria, Associate Professor au département de Sciences économiques de l’Université de Warwick (Royaume-Uni), nous a signalé les contributions suivantes, pour que nous puissions approfondir certains des thèmes qui nous occupent en ce moment, dans des perspectives à plusieurs égards complémentaires par rapport à celles privilégiées ces dernières semaines. Nous reproduisons le contenu de son message tel que nous l’avons reçu. Pour en savoir plus sur les activités scientifiques de Stefano Caria nous nous permettons de renvoyer directement à sa page personnelle: https://www.stefanocaria.com/ Voici aussi le lien vers une enquête importante, dont Stefano Caria est l’un des promoteurs européens: https://covid19-survey.org/
In developed countries, economists are fairly unanimous that lockdowns are ultimately going to be less costly than ignoring the problem. This is a summary of the opinions of a forum of leading economists: https://voxeu.org/article/european-economic-policy-covid-19-crisis-igm-forum-survey
In developing countries, the tradeoffs may well be different: https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/04/10/poor-countries-social-distancing-coronavirus/
One point I find fascinating to think about is how this crisis will reshape people’s attitudes to each other. There is a view that crises bring people together. The jury is still out on whether that is true this time as well: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/13/opinion/sunday/covid-workers-healthcare-fairness.html ; https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/04/16/opinion/coronavirus-inequality-solidarity-poll.html
Another important point is mental health and worries about the future. At the onset of the crisis, we have a short paper showing that lockdown decreased worries and anxieties (people were more concerned about the weak government response). A few weeks later, the situation may have changed, with lockdown fatigue contributing to stress: https://psyarxiv.com/3kfmh ; https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xSINm_R1QfrrPGaQYGCXho-_qcR64iom/view
OpenEdition vous propose de citer ce billet de la manière suivante :
Guido Furci (26 mai 2020). Covid-19 / perspectives économiques. MHiC-Lab (Medical Humanities in Context). Consulté le 21 mai 2025 à l’adresse https://doi.org/10.58079/rf2b