{"product_id":"book-dx8o","title":"The Price of Panic","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor the first time in history, the world shut itself down-by choice-all for fear of a virus, COVID-19, that wasn't well understood. The government, with the support of most Americans, ordered the closure of tens of thousands of small businesses-many never to return. Almost every school and college in the country sent its students home to finish the school year in front of a computer. Churches canceled worship services. \"Social distancing\" went from a non-word to a moral obligation overnight. Moral preening on social media achieved ever new heights.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe world will reopen and life will go on, \u003cstrong\u003ebut what kind of world will it be when it does? It can't be what it was, because of what's just happened. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProfessors Jay Richards, William Briggs, and Douglas Axe take a deep dive into the crucial questions on the minds of millions of Americans during one of the most jarring and unprecedented global events in a generation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhat will be the total cost in dollars, lives, and livelihoods of this response from governments, on advice from Science? \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhat role have national and global health organizations such as WHO played in this? To whom are they accountable? \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhat evidence do they rely on in sounding the alarm? \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eHow did science bureaucrats, relying on murky data and speculative computer models, gain the power to shut down the global economy? \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eHow did politicians, who know nothing of the science, decide whom to trust?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWe need to know what and how it happened, to keep it from ever happening again.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blackstone Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49292294881584,"sku":"BDdx8o","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":49292294914352,"sku":"ZEdx8o","price":32.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio MP3-CD","offer_id":49292294947120,"sku":"ZMdx8o","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/dx8o-Square-cover.jpg?v=1775916584","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-dx8o","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}