Thread by @CafeEconomics, A thread on my Covid opeds over the past few weeks.1. What [...]

A thread on my Covid opeds over the past few weeks.
1. What Richard Feynman can tell us about the fragility of global supply chains. https://www.livemint.com/opinion/columns/covid-19-o-rings-and-the-worry-over-supply-chain-disruptions-11582649878797.html">https://www.livemint.com/opinion/c...

Opinion | Covid-19, O-rings and the worry over supply chain disruptions

India must brace for the impact of a viral outbreak that has disrupted chains of supply in which every link matters

https://www.livemint.com/opinion/columns/covid-19-o-rings-and-the-worry-over-supply-chain-disruptions-11582649878797.html

2. Why India should think of setting up a national risk office to assess its ability to deal with large exogenous shocks such as a pandemic. https://www.livemint.com/opinion/columns/it-may-be-time-for-the-country-to-set-up-a-national-risk-office-11583251653830.html">https://www.livemint.com/opinion/c...

Opinion | It may be time for the country to set up a national risk office

Every country faces myriad risks, and as the Covid-19 outbreak has shown, no single official would be able to assess these

https://www.livemint.com/opinion/columns/it-may-be-time-for-the-country-to-set-up-a-national-risk-office-11583251653830.html

3. The economic impact of the pandemic. https://www.livemint.com/opinion/columns/the-coronavirus-battle-and-its-ripple-effects-on-the-economy-11584456695744.html">https://www.livemint.com/opinion/c...

Opinion | The coronavirus battle and its ripple effects on the economy

Direct handouts and fiscal rather than monetary action could help tide over the current shock and its potential after waves

https://www.livemint.com/opinion/columns/the-coronavirus-battle-and-its-ripple-effects-on-the-economy-11584456695744.html

4. A framework for a Rs 3 trillion income support programme for the poor (with my colleagues @PrakharMisra and @SharmadhaS) https://www.livemint.com/opinion/columns/an-income-support-plan-for-the-poor-to-tide-over-testing-times-11585069580543.html">https://www.livemint.com/opinion/c...

Opinion | An income support plan for the poor to tide over testing times

India should spend ₹3 trillion on emergency financial support for 300 million workers in the country’s informal sector

https://www.livemint.com/opinion/columns/an-income-support-plan-for-the-poor-to-tide-over-testing-times-11585069580543.html

5. We could take a leaf out of a 1940 booklet by Keynes in our effort to tackle some of the challenges posed by the pandemic https://www.livemint.com/opinion/columns/the-sudden-return-of-quantity-planning-in-the-wake-of-covid-19-11585681291232.html">https://www.livemint.com/opinion/c...

Opinion | The sudden return of quantity planning in the wake of covid-19

We could take a leaf out of a booklet by Keynes in our effort to tackle some of the challenges posed by the covid-19 pandemic

https://www.livemint.com/opinion/columns/the-sudden-return-of-quantity-planning-in-the-wake-of-covid-19-11585681291232.html

6. How old-style input-output models can help the government think through its strategy to gradually restart the economy. https://www.livemint.com/opinion/columns/a-production-model-that-could-guide-an-economic-resumption-11586276999597.html">https://www.livemint.com/opinion/c...

Opinion | A production model that could guide an economic resumption

All sectors should be opened in an appropriate proportion to each other so that none is deprived of inputs to resume output

https://www.livemint.com/opinion/columns/a-production-model-that-could-guide-an-economic-resumption-11586276999597.html

7. The RBI will need to support part of the inevitable fiscal expansion to backstop the economy -- and have an exit strategy as well. How should it monetise the government deficit? https://www.livemint.com/opinion/columns/the-helping-hand-rbi-can-lend-to-tide-over-exceptional-times-11586883536893.html">https://www.livemint.com/opinion/c...

Opinion | The helping hand RBI can lend to tide over exceptional times

The central bank should monetize the government’s deficit but it must have an exit plan too

https://www.livemint.com/opinion/columns/the-helping-hand-rbi-can-lend-to-tide-over-exceptional-times-11586883536893.html

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