The Coronavirus Pandemic Forces Leaders To Decide: Save Lives Or The Economy?

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Governments around the world are struggling to answer: What's the bigger priority, saving lives or the economy? Lots of strong opinions on both sides and not lot a lot of agreement (yet). China-style lockdowns are hard for most leaders to swallow, as they result in gut-wrentching economic losses, mass job layoffs, and supply shortages. But keeping people at work or returning them too soon risks higher infection rates, likely overwhelming the health care system for *everyone*, likely resulting in a lot more avoidable deaths. No matter the path chosen, reducing the rate of spread of the pandemic is something that benefits everyone. In today's video, Chris spends time highlighting a number of personal behaviors, treatment programs, and national policies that show promise on this front. We all have our part to play in that great call to slow covid-19 in its tracks as best we can.

Christopher Martenson is a former American biochemical scientist. Currently he is a writer and trend forecaster interested in macro trends regarding the economy, energy composition and environment. He is the founder of PeakProsperity.com. As one of the early econobloggers who forecasted the housing market collapse and stock market correction years in advance, Chris rose to prominence with the launch of his seminal video seminar which later became a book called The Crash Course. Chris' latest book (co-authored with Adam Taggart) is called Prosper!: How to Prepare for the Future and Create a World Worth Inheriting.