# In a wide-ranging interview, Lord Mervyn King illustrates why the COVID-19 pandemic is a classic example of radical uncertainty

1 Faculty News June 2, 2020 ![MoneyWeek Logo 190 x 145](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/Moneyweek-Logo-Red-logo%20190%20x%20145.jpg?itok=3r6bjbwc)>

Excerpt from [MoneyWeek](https://moneyweek.com/economy/uk-economy/601429/mervyn-king-why-the-covid-pandemic-is-a-classic-example-of-radical) -- "This week, Merryn talks to ex-governor of the Bank of England [Mervyn King](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/mervyn-king) about the pandemic and how to prepare for a future that is unknowable; the government's response and why science may not always have the answers; and how to deal with vast rise in public debt. Plus, a little bit of bonus Brexit."

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