by S. Niggol Seo (Author)
This
book offers a lively account of the humanitarian, economic, societal,
and planetwide impacts of the pandemics, the COVID-19 pandemic included,
which are traced back to as early as the 14th century plague
pandemic. Placing the pandemics along with other globally shared
resources, such as global warming, AI singularity, and high-risk physics
experiments, each of the nine chapters of the book discusses the global
health crises from a variety of unique standpoints, including
infectious diseases, economics, governance, and public health. Based on
the historical records of past pandemics and the rich data from the
COVID-19 pandemic, a conceptual framework is presented for the economics
of pandemics as a globally shared experience.
This book aims to
critically examine salient features in the global responses to the
COVID-19 pandemic, including global governance, lockdowns, radical
movements, and mRNA vaccines. The book will be a valuable resource to
students, researchers, and policymakers who are working in the fields of
environmental economics, global-scale public goods, and health
economics.
