The False Choice: Public vs. Economic Health

Event Speakers

Mary Bassett, Former Commissioner of the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

Linda Fried, Dean of Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health and Professor of Public Health Practice

Glenn Hubbard, Professor of Finance and Economics and Dean Emeritus, Columbia University Graduate School of Business

Andy Haines, Professor of Environmental Change and Public Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Wafaa El Sadr, Professor of Epidemiology and Medicine, Columbia University

Harrison Hong, Professor of Financial Economics, Columbia University

Safwan Masri - Executive Vice President for Global Centers and Global Development at Columbia University

Shannon Marquez - Dean of Undergraduate Global Engagement, Columbia University

https://www.nber.org/papers/w27099 and https://www.nber.org/papers/w27099.pdf
- National Bureau of Economic Research, “Health vs. Wealth? Public Health Policies and the Economy During Covid-19”
https://www.cato.org/blog/time-move-economy-vs-public-health-debate
- Cato Institute, “Time to Move on the Economy vs. Public Health Debate”
- (Offers a libertarian / right-wing perspective)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/03/27/economy-public-health-virus/
- Washington Post, “Who lives, who dies, who decides”
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-020-0863-y
- Nature, “If the world fails to protect the economy, COVID-19 will damage health not just now but also in the future”
https://www.wsj.com/articles/economics-vs-epidemiology-quantifying-the-trade-off-11586982855
- Wall Street Journal, “Economics vs. Epidemiology: Quantifying the Trade-Off”