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Madam L__:
Na ji takaicin koyo daga imel ɗin ku, saboda yanzu kun gano cewa na amince da hakan. Babban Sanarwa na Barrington, kana neman danka ya canza sheka daga kwas na Econ 103 mai zuwa. Wannan shawarar, ba shakka, ita ce ku da ɗanku ku yanke. Ya kamata ku shawarci ɗanku ya yi abin da kuke tsammani mafi kyau.
Amma kun dauki lokaci don rubutawa don zarge ni da "rashin basira," don haka zan dauki lokaci don kare kaina.
Domin ba ku ba da wani ƙin yarda ga Babban Sanarwar Barrington in ban da cewa "yana adawa da kimiyya, ƙiyayya da zamantakewar al'umma da ƙwararrun farfesa ya kamata ya yi suka da babbar murya," Ina ƙalubalantar ku da gaske ku karanta sanarwar kuma ku rubuta mani tare da takamaiman ƙin yarda. Gano wasu sashe na musamman waɗanda kuka yi imani suna da ban tsoro ta yadda babu mai hankali da zai iya yarda da su.
Babban saƙon GBD shine kiranta na Kariyar Mayar da hankali. Kuna adawa da wannan sakon? Shin kuna adawa da shawarar cewa kariyar ta mayar da hankali kan waɗannan ƙungiyoyin da muka sani - kuma mun san aƙalla a farkon Maris 2020 - suna da haɗari musamman ga cutar ta covid, yayin da suke barin yawancin bil'adama ( waɗanda ba su da haɗari musamman) don ci gaba da rayuwa kamar yadda aka saba? Kuma idan kun do magana, menene game da wannan shawara ta kasance mai ban tsoro da ta nuna cewa duk wanda ya goyi bayanta bai dace da koyar da wani kwas na gabatarwa a fannin tattalin arziki ba? (Don bayanin, ban ga wani dalili a gare ni ba, a cikin tawa da ɗanku ba zai ɗauka ba, in ambaci Babban Sanarwar Barrington.)
Ko kuna adawa da fayyace na GBD - duk da haka tattalin arziki da dacewa - fahimtar cewa kashe albarkatun willy-nilly don kare kowa, ba tare da la'akari da bayanin haɗarin ba, daga fallasa ga covid shine ɓata albarkatu. ko da dai kawai manufar rage rashin lafiya da mutuwa daga covid? Bayan haka, a lokuta da yawa, albarkatun da ake amfani da su don kare masu ƙarancin haɗari daga cutarwa ba su da albarkatun don kare masu haɗari daga cutar. Kamar yadda duk ƙwararrun masana tattalin arziki za su ce, mayar da albarkatun daga inda suke da ƙananan tasiri zuwa inda suke da tasiri mai girma yana haifar da waɗannan albarkatun suna da tasiri. Shin, ba ku yarda cewa wannan sakamakon - wato, samun daga adadin albarkatun da yawa mafi girma kariya daga rashin lafiya da mutuwa - yana da kyawawa?
Ko wataƙila kuna adawa da gargaɗin GBD cewa babban dakatarwar da ba a taɓa gani ba na tattalin arziƙin tattalin arziƙi da rayuwar zamantakewa an ƙaddara zai haifar da munanan sakamako waɗanda ba a yi niyya ba, gami da - kodayake ba'a iyakance ga - munanan sakamakon rashin lafiya na Covid-19 ga swathes na mutane da yawa fiye da waɗanda ke da rauni musamman ga Covid.
Na rufe da lura cewa, ko da kuwa ƙin yarda da GBD ko ga cancantar waɗannan ƙin yarda, shawarar GBD ba ta asali ba ce. Kamar yadda babban mawallafin sanarwar Babban Barrington Jay Bhattacharya yayi bayani a ciki wannan kyakkyawan podcast Tun daga watan Mayun da ya gabata, sanarwar ta tunatar da bil'adama abin da ya kasance har zuwa farkon 2020 yarjejeniya tsakanin jami'an kiwon lafiyar jama'a, gami da na Hukumar Lafiya ta Duniya, na mafi kyawun hanyoyin magance cututtukan numfashi. Duka Babban Sanarwa na Barrington ya yi, da gaske, shine ya ba da shawarar cewa a dawo da yarjejeniya da aka daɗe ana bi.
Na yi hakuri da gaske dan ku ba zai shiga hanyata ba. Ina ba da shawarar cewa ya shiga cikin sashen da abokin aikina Tom Rustici ya koyar, wanda ƙwararren farfesa ne wanda ɗanka zai koyi abubuwa da yawa daga gare shi.
gaske,
Donald J. Boudreaux
Farfesan tattalin arziki
George Mason University
