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From our analysis, we found the following most relevant:In the case of the current crisis, the risk that the financial system will reverse-infect the real economy and cause a depression is too big to ignore.
That brings us to the third analytical priority: the economics of circuit breakers. Here, the question is not just what emergency policy interventions can achieve, but also what lies beyond their reach, and when.
To be sure, given that simultaneous economic and financial deleveraging would have disastrous implications for societal wellbeing, the current moment clearly demands a "whatever-it-takes," "all-in," and "whole-of-government" policy approachOf particular concern now are the economics of viral contagion, of fear, and of "circuit breakers." The more that economic thinking advances to meet changing realities, the better will be the analysis that informs the policy response.
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That response is set to be both novel and inevitably costly