What do past epidemics teach us about Covid-19? What do past disasters teach us about politics and the state? Is there a false binary between lockdown and no-lockdown? Anup Malani joins Amit Varma in episode 176 of The Seen and the Unseen to share his insights on these subjects and more.   Also check out: 1. Anup Malani's homepage. 2. Taking Stock of Covid-19 -- Episode 169 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Shruti Rajagopalan). 3. We Are Fighting Two Disasters -- Amit Varma. 4. The Economic Approach to Human Behaviour -- Gary Becker. 5. Learning During a Crisis: the SARS Epidemic in Taiwan -- Daniel Bennett, Chun-Fang Chiang, Anup Malani. 6. Identifying Placebo Effects with Data from Clinical Trials -- Anup Malani. 7. FSI (Floor Space Index) -- Episode 11 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Alex Tabarrok). 8. Rent Control -- Episode 14 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Alex Tabarrok).  9. Slums -- Episode 21 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Pavan Srinath).

What do past epidemics teach us about Covid-19? What do past disasters teach us about politics and the state? Is there a false binary between lockdown and no-lockdown? Anup Malani joins Amit Varma in episode 176 of The Seen and the Unseen to share his insights on these subjects and more.   Also check out: 1. <a href="http://www.anupmalani.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.anupmalani.com/&source=gmail&ust=1591574044575000&usg=AFQjCNEu4QoTmjtIfDk2rf1682CQG1RzzA">Anup Malani's homepage</a>. 2. <a href="https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2020/4/19/episode-169-taking-stock-of-covid-19/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2020/4/19/episode-169-taking-stock-of-covid-19/&source=gmail&ust=1591574044576000&usg=AFQjCNEgVRQtMxuKaUlQbqCy3loODlZ-0w">Taking Stock of Covid-19</a> -- Episode 169 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Shruti Rajagopalan). 3. <a href="https://indiauncut.com/we-are-fighting-two-disasters-covid-19-and-the-indian-state/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://indiauncut.com/we-are-fighting-two-disasters-covid-19-and-the-indian-state/&source=gmail&ust=1591574044576000&usg=AFQjCNEfL2HPFuxI05fx-Sy2EVM4Qcr_qQ">We Are Fighting Two Disasters</a> -- Amit Varma. 4. <em><a href="https://www.amazon.in/Economic-Approach-Human-Behavior-ebook/dp/B01ECE3LZU/ref=sr_1_4?dchild=1&keywords=gary+becker&qid=1591486482&sr=8-4" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.amazon.in/Economic-Approach-Human-Behavior-ebook/dp/B01ECE3LZU/ref%3Dsr_1_4?dchild%3D1%26keywords%3Dgary%2Bbecker%26qid%3D1591486482%26sr%3D8-4&source=gmail&ust=1591574044576000&usg=AFQjCNEwDraNvEVbFS6Y-JHFx28XL9_OJg">The Economic Approach to Human Behaviour</a></em> -- Gary Becker. 5. <a href="https://www.nber.org/papers/w16955" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.nber.org/papers/w16955&source=gmail&ust=1591574044576000&usg=AFQjCNGZ35X1O7T-GWf8TTNgqJ7FAg-jcw">Learning During a Crisis: the SARS Epidemic in Taiwan</a> -- Daniel Bennett, Chun-Fang Chiang, Anup Malani. 6. <a href="https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/500279" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/500279&source=gmail&ust=1591574044576000&usg=AFQjCNGL_iz-hx32zLql4-c-lTFsscqDag">Identifying Placebo Effects with Data from Clinical Trials</a> -- Anup Malani. 7. <a href="https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2017/3/27/episode-11-fsi-floor-space-index/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2017/3/27/episode-11-fsi-floor-space-index/&source=gmail&ust=1591574044576000&usg=AFQjCNFzl_1rF_a46c8qgeJWGsL41k0_Xw">FSI (Floor Space Index)</a> -- Episode 11 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Alex Tabarrok). 8. <a href="https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2017/4/17/episode-14-rent-control/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2017/4/17/episode-14-rent-control/&source=gmail&ust=1591574044576000&usg=AFQjCNEdEhijMN8TZTU1uwp9nC89IFfXuw">Rent Control</a> -- Episode 14 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Alex Tabarrok).  9. <a href="https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2017/6/5/episode-21-slums/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2017/6/5/episode-21-slums/&source=gmail&ust=1591574044576000&usg=AFQjCNHk1mmt8Q-0YAUBtcn2SpWi1MrpSA">Slums</a> -- Episode 21 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Pavan Srinath).

The Seen and the Unseen, hosted by Amit Varma, features longform conversations that aim to give deep insights into the subjects being discussed. Timeless and bingeworthy.

The Seen and the Unseen - hosted by Amit Varma

What do past epidemics teach us about Covid-19? What do past disasters teach us about politics and the state? Is there a false binary between lockdown and no-lockdown? Anup Malani joins Amit Varma in episode 176 of The Seen and the Unseen to share his...

Advertisement