116 Results for “Coronavirus%20Means”
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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
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
US Tax Dollars Funded Every New Pharmaceutical in the Last Decade
Sep 2, 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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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
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
Is Silicon Valley Nudging Us Towards an Authoritarian Future?
Jul 29, 2020
Margaret Heffernan’s new book “Uncharted” warns against giving up the power to shape our destiny to gurus and gadgets promising false certainty.
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Article
Coronavirus Perceptions and Economic Anxiety
Jul 28, 2020
When people recognize just how dangerous covid is, they worry more about the economy
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Article
The $5.3 Trillion Question Behind America’s COVID-19 Failure
Jul 24, 2020
That’s the amount of buybacks U.S. corporations funneled to shareholders during the past decade—rather than invest in technologies for the common good. This article is being published jointly by INET and The American Prospect
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Article
There Can Be No Equality Without a Dramatic Renewal of Employment Opportunity for All American Workers
Jul 16, 2020
To fulfill MLK’s vision of jobs and freedom for Black Americans, Washington must rein in corporate greed
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Podcast
William Spriggs: How Economic Theory and Policy Reinforce Racism
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Article
Europe’s Fateful Choices for Recovery – An Italian Perspective
Jul 13, 2020
To fight COVID-19, the EU must recognize that spending restraints have to go
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Article
Big Pharma Wants to Pocket the Profits From a COVID Treatment You Already Paid For
Jul 7, 2020
Gilead’s shareholders want exorbitant profits from Remdesivir, even though it was the public that enabled its development.
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Podcast
Joe Boyd
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Article
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.