Politicians have trade offs to make when it comes to Covid-19. Lockdown is an effective but costly life-saving 'treatment', but at what point does the cost outweigh the lives saved? 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[1]
The Trade Offs of Covid 19