Selected economic and philosophical contexts of the COVID-19 pandemic

Marian Ambrose
PhD. (Philosophy), Associate Professor, Department of Social Sciences, College of International Business ISM Slovakia in Prešov, Slovakia, E-mail: ambrozy@ismpo.sk, ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0421-436X

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Ambrose M. (2022) Selected economic and philosophical contexts of the COVID-19 pandemic. Ed.: V.V. Kovalenko (ed.-in-ch.) and others [Okremi ekonomichni ta filosofski konteksti pandemiyi Covid-19; za red.: V.V. Kovalenko (gol. red.)], Scientific Bulletin of the Odessa National Economic University (ISSN 2313-4569), Odessa National Economics University, Odessa, No. 1-2 (290-291), pp. 102-111.

Abstract

The pandemic was indeed described often and in many scientific treatises. This article describes the damage to people's lives and economies as a result of the pandemic in the world's largest countries. We have focused accordingly on the countries of the former G8. In addition, we included China and India in the review. After describing the damage from the pandemic, we looked at the relationship between freedom and anti-pandemic measures. We believe that the real reason for such measures is their significant connection with the confirmed results of medicine, they should not be based on assumptions. Since they restrict both economically and socially, there is a risk of restriction in a negative sense. According to Berlin, it could be a positive sense of freedom in terms of responsibility, combined with a sense of measures that have a strong scientific basis. Measures should not be politically abused or politically conditioned. According to the authors, the need for economic intervention during a pandemic confirms the correctness of the scientific conclusions of John Maynard Keynes. In addition, the pandemic has accelerated the emergence of new jobs for some professions. This withdrawal is expected to promote economic decentralization, helping boost economic activity even in regions where jobs are difficult to find. The paper was supported by a grant VEGA 1/0595/21 VEGA 1/0595/21Public administration interventions at the time of COVID-19 and their impact on the quality of life of citizens of selected communities.

Keywords

covid-19, state intervention in the economy, human freedom, new employment opportunities.

JEL classification: I150, I180; DOI: 10.32680/2409-9260-2022-1-2-290-291-102-111

UD classification: 330.556

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