116 Results for “Coronavirus%20Means”
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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
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Europe and the Need for Multilateralism
Apr 14, 2020
A call to action for a world economy in crisis
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COVID-19 Cases and Deaths Surge: The Impact of Wisconsin’s In-person Primary Vote
May 27, 2020
The world is on edge at the prospect of a resurgent wave of infections. Models and speculation are rife, but facts remain scarce, which is why the events in Wisconsin on April 7, and their eventual impact, are so important.
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Fatal Combination: Bailouts and Bank Rescues in Money-Driven Political Systems
Apr 13, 2020
Financial industry donations to members of Congress lead to the adoption of pro-bank policies
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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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Private Equity Buyouts in Healthcare: Who Wins, Who Loses?
Mar 25, 2020
As we face a coronavirus-induced health and economic crisis of uncertain duration, policy makers should be particularly concerned about private equity’s heightened use of debt to buy out healthcare providers and take them private, with no regulatory oversight.
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Emerging Markets and the Balance of Payments: Challenges to Growth and Sustainability
Mar 13, 2023
A model that captures key vulnerabilities and structural weaknesses of developing countries’ trade and production structures.
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The COVID-19 Bailout and its Financing Dilemmas
Jun 30, 2020
The speed and duration of COVID-19 economic recovery will depend on how the government will finance emergency programs.
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What Has the World Learned from COVID-19? So Far, Not Nearly Enough
Sep 12, 2023
By all accounts infection rates have ebbed. But were we good or were we lucky?
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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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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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Revealed: New Insight into What Really Drives the Stock Market
Feb 9, 2022
In a new book, How Novelty and Narratives Drive the Stock Market, economist Nicholas Mangee examines the influence of stories on stock market outcomes in an uncertain world.
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MIT Economist on Coronavirus: Young People “Going to Get Squashed”
Mar 19, 2020
The younger generation, already saddled with student debt and uncertain jobs, will pay a high price as the crisis unfolds.
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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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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.