S5 Ep39: The political economy of lockdown

12/08/2022 20 min Temporada 5 Episodio 39
S5 Ep39: The political economy of lockdown

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During the Covid-19 pandemic governments had to take unpopular measures to restrict our freedoms, and we had to choose whether we did what we were told. Were governments in countries with free media more likely to act – and were their citizens more likely to comply? Tim Besley and Sacha Dray talk to Tim Phillips about their new research.