Policy Matters: Live from lockdown – how policymakers have responded to the COVID-19 crisis

This episode of Policy Matters was recorded by hosts Matt Dickson and Franz Buscha from their respective homes as we all adjust to life and work during lockdown. With the global COVID-19 pandemic dominating almost all policy areas at the moment, Franz and Matt spend time discussing how different countries have tackled the outbreak and what lessons can be drawn from the more successful approaches. The discussion then moves on to the economic impacts we’ve seen already, the rationale behind the Government’s unprecedented series of economic policy interventions, and what we can learn from previous recessions about how we might get out of the one we’re now in. Next to be talked about are the likely effects of the crisis on the labour market and particularly the graduate labour market, before the discussion ends by trying to pick out some positive aspects that have emerged from the crisis so far.