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Last updated 9 Jul 2020

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This is a curated selection of our blogs and other resources on the economics of the coronavirus (COPVID-19) pandemic and economic crisis.

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Economics of the Crisis - Innovation [Head Start in A-Level Economics]

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Economics of the Crisis - Behavioural Economics [Head Start in A-Level Economics]

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Economics of the Crisis - Inequalities and the Pandemic [Head Start in A-Level Economics]

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Economics of the Crisis - Policies to avoid a Depression [Head Start in A-Level Economics]

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Economics of the Crisis - Impact on Businesses [Head Start in A-Level Economics]

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Economics of the Crisis - Micro and Macro Aspects [Head Start in A-Level Economics]

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Monetary Financing

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Mass Unemployment - Policies to Protect Jobs

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The Fiscal Multiplier

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Impact of Macroeconomic Uncertainty

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ARTICLES OF THE DAY ON THE COVID-19 CRISIS

Why this crisis is a test of our capacity to adapt

27th March 2020
After Corona - What might be the new normal?

26th March 2020
Chris Giles: Scientists should take lessons from economists on virus response

25th March 2020
Coronavirus risk - game theory meets the tragedy of the commons

24th March 2020
Will the world economy suffer hysteresis?

23rd March 2020
Building a more resilient future

22nd March 2020
Coronavirus: The economic crisis

21st March 2020
Manufacturing consortia respond to ventilator shortages

20th March 2020
Coronavirus: Elasticity of supply of ventilators

18th March 2020
Coronavirus: Football clubs face financial stress

15th March 2020
Coronavirus: Morrisons to pay small suppliers immediately

15th March 2020
Coronavirus: Impact on the Circular Flow

14th March 2020
Coronavirus: Pandemic triggers sharp rise in price of medication

13th March 2020
Hong Kong launches big fiscal stimulus to counter external shocks.

1st March 2020
Coronavirus: Fighting the Downturn

30th March 2020
Explaining the FT's Coronavirus trajectory tracker

30th March 2020
Adam Tooze: The current financial and economic crisis

31st March 2020
The maths of epidemic models gives rise for cautious optimism

1st April 2020
Time to make amends to the low-paid essential worker

2nd April 2020
Will coronavirus reverse globalisation?

2nd April 2020
Do highly leveraged universities deserve a bail out?

4th April 2020
Virus lays bare the frailty of the social contract

5th April 2020
The global economic centre of gravity will continue to shift after the crisis

7th April 2020
Hannah unleashes her economics creativity!

6th April 2020
Global Economic Crisis: Calls for debt relief for the poorest countries

8th April 2020
Coronavirus: How drones in Africa could become life-savers

8th April 2020
Young and low earners suffer most from the pandemic

7th April 2020
How coronavirus almost brought down the global financial system

14th April 2020
The unequal impact of coronavirus

9th April 2020
7 million jobs at risk if lockdown persists

20th April 2020
Supporting businesses during the crisis - an update

18th April 2020
Tim Harford on why we fail to prepare for disasters

16th April 2020
Economists have a key role to play in any exit strategy

16th April 2020
GSK and Sanofi join forces to research a vaccine

15th April 2020
Pandenomics: How Covid-19 could change the world

14th April 2020
Oil's amazing moment as crude prices fall below zero

22nd April 2020
Risks that the global flower trade is evaporating

26th April 2020
Are corona bonds a moment of truth for the EU?

25th April 2020
Should petrol prices now be less than £1 a litre?

23rd April 2020
NHS and PHE bureaucracy holds back effective health care

23rd April 2020
Piketty on whether coronavirus might lead to fairer societies

14th May 2020
US unemployment rises 33 million since start of the pandemic

8th May 2020
Could universal basic income help reduce the risk of future economic shocks?

4th May 2020
Will small scale coffee growers survive the crisis?

4th May 2020
How to avoid a W-shaped global coronavirus recession

4th May 2020
Pakistan pays people out of work in the pandemic to plant trees

3rd May 2020
Covid-19 crisis opens doors to a leaner British Airways

3rd May 2020
Ten reasons why a 'Greater Depression' for the 2020s is inevitable

30th April 2020
Should profitable P&O get a bail-out?

28th April 2020
Huge rise in the claimant count as recession bites

20th May 2020
Greening the Economy - No Trade Off with Growth

23rd May 2020
CoronaNomics - economic solutions to the corona crisis

23rd May 2020
Did the pandemic lead to fewer customer discounts in stores?

13th June 2020
UK economy set to be hit hardest of leading economies

11th June 2020
Deglobalisation risks hurting economic growth everywhere

6th June 2020
How likely is a V-shaped recovery for the UK economy?

1st July 2020
Is the UK sleep-walking into an unemployment crisis?

28th June 2020
Why high fixed costs could lead to thousands of car industry job losses

26th June 2020
Lockdown data

23rd June 2020
Surge in borrowing takes UK national debt above 100% of GDP

19th June 2020
Sunak's Plan for Jobs

8th July 2020
How coronavirus is widening the UK gender pay gap

7th July 2020
Will time-limited vouchers help kick-start an economic recovery?

6th July 2020

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