Do lockdowns work in Europe?
Let us divide the countries in Europe that have at least 1 million inhabitants into three groups: the ones that had high movement restrictions in...
Lockdowns and privilege
Consider three graphs that really on their own tell the story of the groups in the US/UK that did well and that did badly economically...
Scott Morrison’s covid dilemma
Pre 2020, I considered Scott Morrison a political enemy of the policies I wanted for Australia, but since then have sympathised with every attempt he...
What has the pandemic told us about wellbeing?
Wellbeing science has behaved very honourably during this pandemic in my opinion, particularly in the UK, where many of the best-known wellbeing researchers openly pointed...
Is the birthrate in Victoria dropping fast?
One of the things I keep track off in covid-times is what is happening to births. Though it was initially suggested couples might use their...
Lockdown cost-benefit analysis for Australia by Martin Lally
Martin Lally is a kiwi economist who late in 2020 decided to calculate for himself what his own country was losing by locking itself away...
Common features of the Covistance
I am co-writing a book on the Great Panic to explain what happened and what can be done to avoid a repeat. In the course...