David Kotok


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David Kotok

Economist ▫ Investor ▫ Author ▫ Fisherman

David Kotok experienced a lifetime of professional work in economics, finance, and investments. He has written countless commentaries on a vast array of topics and authored or co-authored 5 books and 3 pamphlets. He is the founder and organizer of an annual fishing retreat, affectionately known as “Camp Kotok”, a gathering of authors, economists, financial luminaries, heads of research, political figures, pundits, traders, wealth managers, and others who engage in candid discussions and exchange ideas in an informal setting.


David’s 5th book, The Fed and the Flu: Parsing Pandemic Economic Shocks, is available in hardback, paperback, and all e-book formats. Co-authored with Michael R. Englund, Tristan J. Erwin, and Elizabeth J. Sweet, the book examines the Fed’s journey toward understanding and mitigating pandemic economic shocks, offers insights regarding pandemics’ economic impacts through history along with lessons from the world’s experience with Covid, and captures the Covid pandemic’s economic impacts in charts. Every pandemic is an initial shock and then a longer shadow cast over the medium term into the future. Most importantly, in the authors’ view, every pandemic is a learning opportunity that can be seized to better inform responses to future pandemics.

The Fed and the Flu: Parsing Pandemic Economic Shocks is available at Amazon and at Barnes & Noble. Click the ORDER THE BOOK button at left to order or read a sample.