COVID-19 İLE MÜCADELEDE “LAİSSEZ-FAİRE” YAKLAŞIMI İLE “DEVLET MÜDAHALESİ” ANLAYIŞININ ALMANYA VE İTALYA ÖZELİNDE KARŞILAŞTIRILMASI

Year 2020, Volume: 23 Issue: 4, 665 - 680, 08.12.2020

Rıdvan Karacan Mehmet Emin Yardımcı

Abstract

Ekonomik literatürde özelleştirme politikaları öteden beri tartışma konusunu olmuştur. Bu bağlamda, ekonomik sorunların çözümünde Klasik Görüş; “Laissez-Faire” (Bırakınız Yapsınlar) tezini savunurken, Keynesyen Görüş; “Devlet Müdahalesini” desteklemiştir. Bu politikalar günün koşullarına göre çözüm üretebildikleri için genel kabul görmüştür. İlk olarak Aralık 2019 yılında Çin’in Vuhan kentinde ortaya çıkan ve tüm dünyayı etkisi altına alan Covid-19 virüsü her geçen gün çok sayıda vaka ve ölümlere yol açmaktadır. Birçok ülke bu hastalıkla mücadele etmek zorunda kalmaktadır. Bazı ülkeler çok zayiat verirken, bir takım ülkeler en az zararla hastalığın üstesinden gelebilmektedir. Bu bağlamda en çok vakanın ve ölümlerin görüldüğü İtalya ile vaka sayısı çok olmakla birlikte ölüm oranlarının daha az yaşandığı Almanya sağlık sistemleri “Laissez-Faire” ve “Devlet Müdahalesi” politikaları özelinde karşılaştırılmak istenmiştir. Amacımız ekonomik faaliyetlerin sağlık sonuçları açısından özel sektör ve devletçilik anlayışı özelinde faydasını ortaya koymaktır. Böylece sağlık sorunları ile mücadelede öncelikli amacı kar olmayan kamu kuruluşlarının önemi vurgulanmak istenmiştir. Bu tür mücadelede kamu menfaati açısından kar amacı olmayan kamu kurumları ile özel sektör sağlık kuruluşlarının organize bir şekilde çalışmaları gerektiği anlatılmak istenmiştir. Bu bağlamda sağlık politika yapıcıları ve uzmanlara mesaj verilmek istenmiştir.

Keywords

Covid-19, Laissez-Faire, Devlet Müdahalesi, Almanya ve İtalya

COMPARISON OF THE “LAISSEZ-FAIRE” AND “STATE INTERVENTION” APPROACH IN GERMANY AND ITALY IN COMBATING COVID-19

Abstract

Privatization policies have been the subject of debate for a long time in the economic literature. In this context, Classical View in solving economic problems, while defending the “Laissez-Faire” thesis, Keynesian view; he supported "State Intervention". These policies are generally accepted as they can produce solutions according to the conditions of the day. The Covid-19 virus, which first appeared in Wuhan, China in December 2019 and affected the world, causes many cases and deaths day by day. Many countries have to fight this disease. While some countries give a lot of casualties, some countries can overcome the disease with the least damage. In this context, it was aimed to compare Italy with the highest number of cases and deaths, and Germany health systems, where the number of cases were high, but the death rates were less, under the policies of "Laissez-Faire" and "State Intervention". Also, compared in Turkey to similar phenomena in Italy and Germany. Our aim is to reveal the benefits of economic activities in terms of private sector and statism. Therefore, the importance of public institutions, which profit is not their primary objective in health issues was emphasized. It is intended to explain that non-profit public institutions and private sector healthcare should work collaboratively in this kind of struggle. In this context, a message was intended to be conveyed to health policy-makers and experts.

Keywords

Covid-19, Laissez-Faire, government intervention, Germany and Italy

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