Seize the day: opportunities and costs in the COVID-19 crisis

Non-technical summary The thesis of this paper is that the COVID-19 crisis creates opportunities for fundamental change towards a more sustainable economy, for two reasons: structural change in the economy and a change in public opinion. The paper identifies how the COVID-19 crisis accelerates six processes of change that can be leveraged in policy making. With a focus on the Netherlands, it argues for activist government policy because of the tipping-point nature of the economic system in the crisis. Technical summary Structural change in the economy and a change in public opinion during the... Mehr ...