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Peter Orszag is CEO of Financial Advisory @Lazard and a columnist at @bopinion
Mar 22, 2020 11 tweets 3 min read
Some thoughts on economic policy and COVID-19 (1/n):

bloomberg.com/opinion/articl… via @bopinion 1. mandating social distancing requires socializing the economic costs of doing so. We as a society can’t reasonably require social distancing, with the massive economic consequences it entails, and believe that most of those costs should be privately borne. (2/n)
Jan 28, 2019 7 tweets 2 min read
The effect of surviving the Holocaust or POW camp on future life expectancy - it's more complicated than you might think....
bloomberg.com/opinion/articl… @bopinion Living through a horrendous event, like confinement in a concentration camp or prisoner-of-war camp, creates health problems. But those who survive also seem to have other characteristics that tend to make people live longer. The resilience effect can often overcome scarring.