Lockdown Cost-Benefit Analysis with Professor Douglas Allen

from Economics Explored · host Gene Tunny, Douglas Allen

Professor Douglas Allen from Simon Fraser University, Canada has concluded COVID lockdowns have been the greatest peacetime policy failure in Canada's history. Professor Allen speaks with Economics Explored host Gene Tunny in this episode of Economics Explored. Links relevant to the conversation include: Professor Allen's Lockdown CBA for Canada Economist: Lockdowns ‘Greatest Peacetime Policy Failure’ in Canada’s History - Foundation for Economic Education Our World in Data - Coronavirus Please get in touch with any questions, comments and suggestions by emailing us at [email protected].

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