Markus' Academy

Follow the link for the full summary: https://markusacademy.substack.com/p/integrating-economics-and-epidemiologyExplore the webinar series: https://markusacademy.substack.com/archiveOn March 30, 2020, Ramanan Laxminarayan joined Markus' Academy for a seminar on integrating economics and epidemiology to fight COVID-19 in India and around the world. Laxminarayan is a Senior Research Scholar and Lecturer at the Princeton Environmental Institute and Founder and Director of the Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics & Policy (CDDEP) in Washington, D.C. and New Delhi.Download the slides here.*Timestamps: [0:00] Markus' Introduction [2:50] Beginning of Laxminarayan presentation [3:47] How long have we known about this [10:23] Human and institutional behavior in the context of epidemics [21:00] Building models in real time [45:18] Life on the front lines [48:22] Audience questions

Follow the link for the full summary:https://markusacademy.substack.com/p/covid-19-and-global-financial-markets Explore the webinar series:https://markusacademy.substack.com/archiveOn March 19, 2020, Torsten Slok joined Markus’ Academy for its first episode. Slok is the Chief Economist at Deutsche Bank.Download the slides here.*Timestamps:[0:00] Markus’ Introduction[19:49] Beginning of Slok’s presentation[21:36] Presentation outline[24:15] Before the virus[27:48] The virus[30:40] Financial market reaction to the virus[56:12] Fed and ECB reaction[58:02] Fiscal policy reaction[1:03:29] Macroeconomic implications[1:11:42] Audience questions