Flavio Toxvaerd
Dr Flavio Toxvaerd is an economist at the University of Cambridge, specializing in the economics of infectious diseases and industrial organization. His research, writings and contact can be accessed on his website https://sites.google.com/site/toxvaerd11/ and he can be followed on Twitter with the handle @toxvaerd1.
Coronavirus
Managing the Covid-19 Pandemic: Good Health Policy Is Good Economic Policy
Many economists object to framing the response to the Covid-19 pandemic as choosing between health and wealth. Health protection and wealth creation...
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Antitrust and Competition
“An Offer We Can’t Refuse”: How We Gave Away Our Data and Made Big Tech What It Is Today
WhatsApp’s new terms of service should come as no surprise. For years, Big Tech has been offering its users these “take it...
Antitrust and Competition
Paul Romer: “If You Think Moderation is Censorship, You’ve Got a Competition Problem”
During a Stigler Center keynote webinar, Nobel laureate Paul Romer discussed concentration problems in the US and possible solutions, including a “pigouvian”...
Digital Platforms
The “Next Frontier of Propaganda”: Micro-Influencers are Paid to Spread Political Messages, Disinformation
Online influencers aren’t in the business of promoting just products anymore. New research finds that micro-influencers are increasingly used to spread political...
Antitrust and Competition
Digital Markets Act: Policy Choices and Conditions for Success
Last month, the European Commission introduced an ambitious new set of rules for digital platforms, the Digital Markets Act. Here is what...
Antitrust and Competition
The Silent Coup
President Donald Trump's seditious actions are exposing the political power that Twitter, Amazon, Google, Apple, and Facebook enjoy. Banning him from their...
Antitrust and Competition
How Will the Digital Markets Act Regulate Big Tech?
While the recently introduced Digital Markets Act rules might change prior to final approval, there is a lot to consider already. What...
Coronavirus
Covid-19 Aggravates Existing Income, Gender, and Race Inequalities, and Further Increases Political Divisions
Seventy percent of Americans know someone who tested positive; one in five know someone who died from coronavirus, survey shows.
