554 Results for “Coronavirus Means”
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Article
Covid-19 Hits the Dual Economy
Mar 26, 2020
Incomes Destroyed at the Bottom, Profits Supported at the Top
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Working Paper
Working Paper SeriesGovernment as the First Investor in Biopharmaceutical Innovation: Evidence From New Drug Approvals 2010–2019
Sep 2020
Amid debates over costs—and profits—from a coronavirus vaccine, a new study shows that taxpayers have been footing the bill for every new drug approved between 2010 and 2019
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Article
Which Businesses Will Covid-19 Disrupt and Why? An Assessment Based on Firm-Level Data
Apr 2, 2020
The scale of firm exposure to the coronavirus is unprecedented by earlier outbreaks, spans all major economies and is pervasive across all industries
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Podcasts
Stephanie Blankenburg
Oct 5, 2020
Stephanie Blankenburg, who heads up the Debt and Development Finance Branch of the United Nations Commission on Trade and Development, talks about the urgent need for the world to provide massive loan forgiveness to the developing world in response to the global economic crisis that the coronavirus pandemic has caused.
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Podcasts
Michael Spence
Apr 22, 2020
Andrew Michael Spence—Nobel laureate, Professor of Economics at the NYU Stern School of Business, and Co-Chair of INET’s Commission on Global Economic Transformation—talks to Rob about how the U.S. government typically errs on the side of doing too little, too late, in response to major crises like the coronavirus pandemic. Spence and Rob compare and contrast how governments in the U.S., Europe, and Asia have responded to COVID-19.
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Article
4 Burning Questions on the Global Vaccine Rollout
Dec 29, 2020
Warnings of “corruption and incompetence coming together,” as economists William Lazonick and Öner Tulum study the race to end the pandemic.
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Article
Think Big Pharma Won’t Profiteer in the Race to Treat Coronavirus? Think Again.
May 5, 2020
Evidence shows pharmaceutical companies won’t stop price-gouging and risking American lives for financial gain in this time of crises – unless we force them.
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News
INET Plenary Rescheduled
Feb 28, 2020
In light of the growing concerns over the coronavirus, we have decided to postpone the INET Plenary to October 13-15, 2020 (originally slated for April 13-15, 2020)
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Podcast
Arjun Jayadev & Achal Prabhala
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Article
Women Face Long-term Costs from Covid-19 Abortion Restrictions
Apr 20, 2020
Researchers have shown that the financial and economic impacts of denying women abortion care can last years
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Webinars and Events
Building a Global Economic Response to COVID-19
Webinarwith Mohamed A. El-Erian | 12:30pm ET / 9:30 PT
Jul 16, 2020
As the world economy seeks to emerge from the deep recession caused by the pandemic, economic nationalism and isolationism are on the rise. Yet the better response to lower growth and worsening inequality could involve globally-coordinated policy responses that focus on broad based, sustainable economic growth. Now more than ever it is time for a new global economic policy paradigm that can facilitate a strong recovery.
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Article
If You Want Justice for Black Americans, You Have to Fix This
Jun 10, 2020
Economist Darrick Hamilton explains why confronting the racial wealth gap is the only way to address 400 years of discrimination.
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Article
New Covid “Super Strain” is a Game-Changer for Schools and More
Jan 8, 2021
Expert warns that without more robust abatement measures and testing, the virus could rage until mid-2022.
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Article
African Youth Lead Response to COVID-19
Aug 4, 2020
Chioma Agwuegbo of TechHer Nigeria, talks to Folashadé Soulé and Herbert Mba Aki about how the pandemic is impacting young people in Nigeria, especially young women, and how African youth are tackling the crisis.
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Article
4 Ways to Eradicate the Corporate Disease That is Worsening the Covid-19 Pandemic
Mar 23, 2020
It’s time for business executives, employees, and taxpayers to come together to help get us out of the pandemic and create conditions for a sustainable and equitable future