67 Results for “Coronavirus Means”
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Article
New CDC Guidelines to Reopen Schools Could be Dangerous
Mar 19, 2021
School re-opening push based on outdated science is poorly timed in face of coronavirus resurgence
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Research
The Pandemic and the Economic Crisis: A Global Agenda for Urgent Action
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Podcasts
There is no Alternative Beyond Cooperation or Extinction
Feb 11, 2021
Andrew Sheng, Distinguished Fellow at the Asia Global Institute, University of Hong Kong, talks about the love-hate relationship between the US and China and how both sides must learn to cooperate to address the world’s most pressing problems
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Article
Mass Producing Covid-19 Vaccine
Feb 9, 2021
Capacity, Scale, and Control
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Podcasts
What the West Can and Cannot Learn from China
Feb 8, 2021
Rodney Jones, a long-time Asia analyst, colleague of Rob Johnson’s, and currently Principal of Wigram Capital Advisors in New Zealand, discusses how China and other Pacific Rim countries succeeded in containing the Covid-19 pandemic and what this means for the West’s rivalry with China
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Article
4 Charts Explain Why You Should Worry About the New U.K. Covid Strain
Jan 13, 2021
Expert warns that it could be a race against the clock as the fast-spreading B117 variant picks up steam in the U.S.
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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
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
Antitrust Spring
Dec 18, 2020
After years of amassing power, the tide is turning against the tech monopolies
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Article
Young Scholars Want More Voices Heard in Economics
Dec 3, 2020
No one person or perspective holds the key to solving economic problems, says Jay Pocklington of the Institute for New Economic Thinking
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Article
To Save the Economy, Save People First
Nov 18, 2020
Targeted Measures and Subsidies for Cost Effective COVID-19 Abatement
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Article
Profits Over Human Life? ER Doctor’s Story is Fearful Lesson for U.S. Workers During Pandemic
Oct 20, 2020
Dr. Ming Lin spoke out about Covid safety at his hospital and was fired. He’s fighting back against a system that put profits over human life.
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Podcasts
Dean Baker
Sep 28, 2020
Dean Baker, senior economist with the Center for Economic and Policy Research, talks about how geopolitical and economic tensions between the US and China benefit powerful elite sectors in the US, but are bad for working people.
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Webinars and Events
The Future of Work | Bad Timing: Offshoring Meets Automation
Webinarwith Brad Delong, Rana Foroohar and Damon Silvers; moderated by David Sirota
Oct 13, 2020
The combination of technological disruption and economic globalization have resulted in stagnating wages, middle class job losses, and declining labor power in many developed countries. How did this happen and how could we respond?
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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.