March 21, 2021
| In the News
Mobarak in Foreign Policy magazine: Saving lives saves livelihoods
The Professor of Economics and EGC affiliate a reviews his research on Covid-19 in developing countries and argues that advanced economies will ultimately benefit by imposing lockdowns when warranted.
In early January this year, in the midst of a global pandemic, I was standing maskless at the stern of a diving boat off the coast of a Caribbean island, chatting with an environment department employee about her pandemic and lockdown experience on the island. “It was horrible for that month,” she said, “but since then, life has been pretty good.” She dived down to spear lionfish, an invasive species from the South Pacific that threatens coral reef ecosystems in the Caribbean...