The Project Syndicate
May 2021
HKS Authors
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James W. Harpel Professor of Capital Formation and Growth
Abstract
Data are critical to fighting COVID-19, but cross-country comparisons have consistently focused too much on the wrong sort. This has given some political leaders a strong incentive to downplay the pandemic, arguably contributing to millions of deaths.
Citation
Frankel, Jeffrey A. "Statistics And the Pandemic." The Project Syndicate, May 2021.