The Covid-19 Pandemic

A Public Choice View

Panagiotis Karadimas (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

X, 134 Seiten

2023 | 1st ed. 2023
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-031-24966-2 (ISBN)

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This monograph evaluates public policy responses to the Covid-19 pandemic through a public choice lens. The book compares two prominent, albeit mutually exclusive, theories in social sciences-public interest theory and public choice theory-and explores how their predictions perform within the framework of the Covid-19 pandemic. The chapters present different pandemic policies alongside empirical data in order to draw conclusions about their efficacy, and, in turn, draw conclusions about the veracity of each theory. By the end of the volume, the reader will be able to draw their own conclusions about whether the pandemic policy responses served the public interest, as public interest theory suggests, or the personal interests of the politicians who implemented them, as public choice theory holds.

Panagiotis Karadimas received his PhD in philosophy of science at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece. His research interests include scientific explanation, theory of science, and philosophy of social sciences.

Introduction: Public Interest Explanations VS Public Choice Explanations.- Viral Mitigation: Weak Theoretical Underpinnings.- The World Stampeded: From Mass Hysteria to Prolonged Mass Hysteria.- Tradeoffs and Knock-on Effects.- Public Choice Theory: An Explanation of the Pandemic Policy Responses.- Epilogue: The Sound Scientific Grounds of Public Choice Theory.

Erscheinungsdatum	14.02.2023
Reihe/Serie	Studies in Public Choice
Zusatzinfo	X, 134 p. 6 illus.
Verlagsort	Cham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Gewicht	373 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
	Wirtschaft ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Wirtschaftspolitik
Schlagworte	covid-19 lethality • economic devastation • Evidence-Based Decision-Making • lockdown harms • Public Choice • Public Interest • vote maximizing
ISBN-10	3-031-24966-6 / 3031249666
ISBN-13	978-3-031-24966-2 / 9783031249662
Zustand	Neuware