The Four Things I Forgot About in the Obama Administration

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Former FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb was brought on board very early by the Trump administration. The president himself had been engaged with the agency and learning how to turn that ship a little faster. Did we use the market in any way to respond to a to that emergency? Do you agree with that?

When there's no vaccine on the market, people will look for other ways to be safe, including school closures and the handwashing of groceries. Listen as economist Casey Mulligan of the University Chicago talks with EconTalk's Russ Roberts about the costs of delaying a vaccine, the hidden costs of FDA regulation, and what we learned and failed to learn about the Covid pandemic.