Pandemic-economics blog

Pandemic-economics blog A blog by Commission staff to generate ideas and promote debate about policy responses to COVID‑19. We welcome robust, respectful and insightful thoughts and ideas. Comments can be posted at the bottom of blog posts, but please note they are moderated and won't appear immediately.

The Fantasy section of the Te Anau bookstore

Sweden vs. New Zealand, with Taiwan in the lead

9 December 2020

Is the Covid pandemic and our collective responses to it best framed as health vs.

Ivory Lake, Westland

CovidCard carrying Kiwis?

22 July 2020

New Zealand’s COVID Tracer app is “on track to achieve nothing”, according to Sam Morgan.

Is COVID-19 becoming less deadly?

15 July 2020

New COVID-19 cases are soaring in the US. I would naturally expect the number of deaths to be soarin…

How will the pandemic end?

25 June 2020

Elimination. Border incursions. An outbreak. A lockdown, which takes us back to elimination.

Walking in rain

Resilience for the future of work

2 June 2020

As the metaphorical ink was drying on the Commission’s technological change and the future of work f…

Hawke's Bay aerial photo of coastline

Don’t stand so close to me

21 May 2020

One of the big goals of some urban policymakers in recent years has been achieving greater populatio…

The pause that depresses

11 May 2020

The die is cast.

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