Ep 176: The Nuances of Lockdown
The Seen and the Unseen - hosted by Amit Varma
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Is There a Binary Between Lock Down and No Lock Down?
In early march, when people began to be aware of this, how do you look at the policy options before the policy makers? The cost of a lockdown varies dramatically across those two countries for two reasons. In india, a lock down was oingto affect the poor more than can affect the rich. And so lock towns can have a disportiont effect on the poor population. But i think that the united states has a pretty good capacity to enforce a lockdown. Notwithstanding heres difference in state capacity,. we are seeing the result of police brutality against george floyd minstet Minneapolis last week. I couldn't tell you why it didn't work but it did not
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