COVID-Economics Links (April 8)

• Sectoral effects of social distancing - Barrot, Grassi and Sauvagnat
• Preparedness can pay off quickly: Disaster financing and COVID-19 - World Bank Blogs
• The East-West Divide in COVID-19 Control - Jeffrey D. Sachs (PS)
• Why testing a representative sample of the population must be done now - VoxEU.org
• The Real Economic Fallout of COVID-19 - Dennis Snower
• The large and unequal impact of COVID-19 on workers - VoxEU.org
• Trump’s ineptness may prolong the recession - The Washington Post
• Who still thinks austerity was a good idea? - Simon Wren-Lewis
• Economists are united in support of the coronavirus lockdown - Martin Sandbu (FT.com)
• We must focus attention on our next steps - Martin Wolf (FT.com)
• How and When to Restart the Economy: a Webinar with Nobel Laureate Paul Romer - Pro Market
• What it will take to save the economy from COVID-19 - Olivier Blanchard
• The G20 should expand trade to help developing countries overcome COVID-19 - PIIE
• The Greater Trade Collapse of 2020: Learnings from the 2008-09 Great Trade Collapse  Richard Baldwin (VoxEU.org)
• The economic, political and moral case for a European fiscal policy response to COVID-19 - Thorsten Beck (VoxEU.org)
• Three important questions to answer about U.S. financial stabilization policies amid the coronavirus recession - Equitable Growth
• Will COVID-19 Derail the African Century? - Michael Wilkerson (PS)
• ECB announces package of temporary collateral easing measures - ECB
• Eurogroup fails to land deal on coronavirus economic response - FT.com
• How Do You Lift a Covid-19 Lockdown? Ask Austria - The Washington Post
• Government and Businesses Turn Attention to Eventual Reopening of $22 Trillion U.S. Economy WSJ.com
• Nearly a Third of U.S. Renters Didn't Pay April Rent - WSJ.com
• EU warns of global bidding war for medical equipment - FT.com
• Arab world’s middle-income nations face tough coronavirus choices - FT.com
• Supply chains need some love during the coronavirus pandemic - FT.com
• Brussels seeks EU budget overhaul to boost post-pandemic recovery - FT.com