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Re:A Long Time Until the Economic New Normal by londons_explore on Friday April 10, 2020 @10:41AM (#22833474)
> Short sighted people do not waste time on long term thinking.

... unless there is profit to be made!

What financial instruments could be made to give massive payouts in case of a future pandemic? If enough of those instruments existed, there would be financial skin-in-the-game for preventing pandemics.

Re:A Long Time Until the Economic New Normal by bwb on Friday April 10, 2020 @10:42AM (#22833487)
Check out pandemic bonds, they aren't working :)
Re:A Long Time Until the Economic New Normal by lmm on Friday April 10, 2020 @10:56AM (#22833644)
They're working pretty well, the funds have been made available for relief efforts. They were maybe not as hedged as people wanted.