Building on your statement that many of the affected will be hard to reach with aid payments: some study on just what amount of government redistribution is actually helpful might also be in order. Redistribution may solve the immediately obvious problems of people being suddenly unemployed, but it also slows the economy’s ability to adapt to the significantly changed environment. So there’s undoubtedly a crossover point where it hurts more than it helps in the long run.
Not that I expect most governments would pay any attention at all if somebody did work up a number or a formula, but being able to see which nations come closest to hitting it could be entertaining.
Building on your statement that many of the affected will be hard to reach with aid payments: some study on just what amount of government redistribution is actually helpful might also be in order. Redistribution may solve the immediately obvious problems of people being suddenly unemployed, but it also slows the economy’s ability to adapt to the significantly changed environment. So there’s undoubtedly a crossover point where it hurts more than it helps in the long run.
Not that I expect most governments would pay any attention at all if somebody did work up a number or a formula, but being able to see which nations come closest to hitting it could be entertaining.