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Why Our Knowledge Economy Can Survive the New Age of Pestilence
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Why Our Knowledge Economy Can Survive the New Age of Pestilence

by Joel Mokyr
August 2020
Intermediate to advanced
5 pages
14m
English
MIT Sloan Management Review

Overview

Modernization has changed the way economies are exposed to, respond to, and are affected by disasters. Changes to the drivers of economic growth, particularly the move to a knowledge-based economy, should make us more resilient and limit the long-term effects of COVID-19.

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