ECONOMY AND HEALTH IN TIMES OF PANDEMIC
"It is impossible to talk about economic growth without a good health system," said Pedro Grades, director of the Economics Program at the University of Lima and speaker of the webinar " Health and the economy in times of coronavirus." The virtual conference was organized by the Continuing Education Directorate (DEC) of the University of Lima on May 7. With the COVID-19 pandemic, a discussion has been generated about whether health is a priority over the economy or if they are two dynamically related aspects that should be analyzed together. Faced with this, Pedro Grades explained the following: “The objective of the economy is to study the correct distribution of resources in society to satisfy the needs of the human being without neglecting the future. So let's think of economics tuition and health as complementary sciences. Only then will we have an adequate society”. Peru is an upper-middle-income country. In this sense, the economist analyzed the eff...