Covid-19: Science vs Politics

• 20 Apr 2020

Politicians want to add credibility to their decisions through presentation of supporting scientific advice. The difficulty with this in the Covid-19 crisis is that scientists don't always have concrete answers and can feel pressured by politicians to go beyond what is actually known. Frédéric Jenny (ESSEC Business Scool, OECD) has contributed a paper to CEPR's new Covid Economics Review, which you can download free here https://cepr.org/content/covid-economics-vetted-and-real-time-papers-0