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Video Podcast: Eric Crampton and Bryce Wilkinson on the Government’s Covid-19 cost-benefit analysis
Dr Eric Crampton
Dr Bryce Wilkinson
Video Podcast
3 April, 2020
Our chief editor Nathan Smith is joined by chief economist Dr Eric Crampton and senior fellow Dr Bryce Wilkinson. In this week’s podcast, they discuss whether the Government’s Covid-19 cost-benefit analysis and subsequent lockdown is economically sound.
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