Every region except NE and NW have more people in hospital than during the first wave.
We don’t yet know if tier 4 is enough to slow or contain covid.
The impact of Xmas mixing is still to come.
LIVE NOW
On the need for urgent decisions & a comprehensive set of measures *today*
"Delayed and tentative decision making will result in the deaths of tens of thousands more people"
Getting worse: several more thousand people in hospital than at April peak: no's still rising
NEW: Independent SAGE has prepared an emergency statement & plan & is hosting a press conference tomorrow, 10am. Please join us. We believe we are at the most critical moment of the crisis so far. Only by acting NOW can we avoid 10s of 1000s of deathshttps://t.co/pTOseECKvM
— Independent SAGE (@IndependentSage) December 29, 2020
Every region except NE and NW have more people in hospital than during the first wave.
We don’t yet know if tier 4 is enough to slow or contain covid.
The impact of Xmas mixing is still to come.
Indy SAGE calling for lockdown AND clear plan for exit from such a lockdown. Calling for proper support for testing + isolation
The impact of long covid also identified alongside horrific scale of death is part of the catastrophe we need to prevent unfolding further
More from For later read
Excited we finally have a draft of this paper, which attempts to provide a 'unifying theory' of the long economic divergence between the Middle East & Western Europe
As we see it, there are 3 recent theories that hit on important aspects of the divergence...
1/
One set of theories focus on the legitimating power of Islam (Rubin, @prof_ahmetkuru, Platteau). This gave religious clerics greater power, which pulled political resources away form those encouraging economic development
But these theories leave some questions unanswered...
2/
Religious legitimacy is only effective if people
care what religious authorities dictate. Given the economic consequences, why do people remain religious, and thereby render religious legitimacy effective? Is religiosity a cause or a consequence of institutional arrangements?
3/
Another set of theories focus on the religious proscriptions of Islam, particular those associated with Islamic law (@timurkuran). These laws were appropriate for the setting they formed but had unforeseeable consequences and failed to change as economic circumstances changed
4/
There are unaddressed questions here, too
Muslim rulers must have understood that Islamic law carried proscriptions that hampered economic development. Why, then, did they continue to use Islamic institutions (like courts) that promoted inefficiencies?
5/
As we see it, there are 3 recent theories that hit on important aspects of the divergence...
1/
New CEPR Discussion Paper - DP15802
— CEPR (@cepr_org) February 14, 2021
Culture, Institutions & the Long Divergence@albertobisin @nyuniversity, Jared Rubin @jaredcrubin @ChapmanU, Avner Seror @SerorAvner @amseaixmars @univamu, Thierry Verdier @PSEinfohttps://t.co/lhs6AJb7jE#CEPR_DE, #CEPR_EH, #CEPR_ITRE pic.twitter.com/FtMzAELljJ
One set of theories focus on the legitimating power of Islam (Rubin, @prof_ahmetkuru, Platteau). This gave religious clerics greater power, which pulled political resources away form those encouraging economic development
But these theories leave some questions unanswered...
2/
Religious legitimacy is only effective if people
care what religious authorities dictate. Given the economic consequences, why do people remain religious, and thereby render religious legitimacy effective? Is religiosity a cause or a consequence of institutional arrangements?
3/
Another set of theories focus on the religious proscriptions of Islam, particular those associated with Islamic law (@timurkuran). These laws were appropriate for the setting they formed but had unforeseeable consequences and failed to change as economic circumstances changed
4/
There are unaddressed questions here, too
Muslim rulers must have understood that Islamic law carried proscriptions that hampered economic development. Why, then, did they continue to use Islamic institutions (like courts) that promoted inefficiencies?
5/
