"Discussing the Spanish Flu, HIV/AIDs, SARS and Ebola against the background of Covid-19, Pandemic Economics demonstrates how scientists consistently warned the world about pandemics, and how, despite this, the possibility of global lockdown caused unprecedented economic policies and ruin. The...

While the pandemic and recovery unfold in real time, this article investigates some of the major themes on preparations for the next pandemic. Humanity cannot rely on modern medicine to beat the next 'disease X' and the world cannot afford the extortionate health and economic policy...

Front Matter -- Copyright -- Contents -- Contributors -- Abbreviations -- 1. Introduction to the Research Handbook on Economic Sanctions -- PART I THE VALUE OF LARGE-N DATA SOURCES -- 2. Economic sanctions in the twenty-first century -- 3. The Threat and Imposition of Economic Sanctions data...