Episode 23: Kill A Mosquito, Help The Global Economy

Stephanomics

• Episode: Episode 23: Kill A Mosquito, Help The Global Economy
• Website: Stephanomics
• Feed URL: http://feeds.bloomberg.fm/BLM8939407484
• Duration: 00:23:26
• Published: 2016-02-04 21:21

Mosquitoes don't have very many redeeming qualities. They drink our blood, they make us itch and they carry illnesses like Zika, a virus that's exploding across Latin America. They can also do some serious economic damage. From health care expenses to productivity losses -- even harm done to quality of life -- the economic costs associated with mosquitoes add up. So shouldn't we get rid of them all? Tori discusses this and more with Don Shepard, a health economist at Brandeis University. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com