Coronavirus [COVID-19]

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1/21/21: Past plagues: why did some create conflict while others promoted cohesion?

by Remi Jedwab

 

10/26/20: Don’t let flashy 3rd quarter GDP growth fool you, the economy is still in a big hole 

by Jay Shambaugh

 

9/27/20: New US Businesses Up 12 Pct, Highest Since 2007 

by Steven Hamilton

 

8/28/20: People won’t die due to the disease; they will die due to hunger’

by Sarah Baird

 

8/25/20: Even With A Vaccine, The Economy Could Take Many Months To Return To Normal 

features Tara Sinclair

 

8/11/20: The virus has seriously exposed the limits of populism. But will the pandemic push it against the wall? 

mentions Ajay Chhibber

 

6/12/20: World Bank: Recession Is The Deepest In Decades 

by Danny Leipziger

 

6/1/20: Reckoning with Systemic Hazards 

by Sunil Sharma

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11/20/20: Mnuchin, GOP Leaders to Discuss Stimulus Amid Fed Funding Decision
features Steven Skancke

 

6/4/20: Professor Jay Shambaugh Discusses the Economic Impacts of COVID-19
features Jay Shambaugh and James E. Foster (IIEP)

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5/26/20: Will Covid-19 Raise Inequality? Pannel Discussion features James Foster, Lucia Rafanelli, Remi Jedwab, and Trevor Jackson

5/5/20: Global Income Inequality: Current Developments and Their Political Implications features James Foster

4/29/20: Elliot Experts Weigh In: The Impact of Covid 19 on Global Financial Markets features James E. Foster 

4/21/20: The Fiscal Response to COVID19 Panel Discussion features Steven Hamilton (Economic Society of Australia)

4/1/20: Unemployment Insurance During the COVID-19 Pandemic features Jay Shambaugh (The Hamilton Project)

3/12/20: Neoliberal Project’s Quarantine Stream Day 1 features Steven Hamilton

Weekly Breakdown of COVID-19 Articles

Weeks 52-41

Week 52

4/28/21 in New York Times: Automatic Aid for the People? How Jobless Benefits Can Fit the Economy. mentions Jay Shambaugh

Week 51

4/22/21 in Reuters: Analysis: The housing boom, central banks and the inflation conundrum mentions Danny Leipziger

4/22/21 in Bloomberg: Rising Incomes Render Republican Strategy Obsolete mentions Jay Shambaugh

4/21/21 in The Age: Politicising action on climate has to stop mentions Steven Hamilton

Week 50

4/16/21 in The Sydney Morning Herald: Did Austrailia get its vaccine strategy right? mentions Steven Hamilton

4/16/21 in The Sydney Morning Herald: Delayed vaccination rollout will cost Australia ‘tens of billions’, say economists mentions Steven Hamilton

4/14/21 in The New Daily: Did Australia make the wrong choice with AstraZeneca? mentions Steven Hamilton

Week 49

4/9/21 in The Sydney Morning Herald: Let’s not panic about Australia’s vaccine rollout … yet mentions Steven Hamilton

4/7/21 in The Sydney Morning Herald: ‘Crucial but not beyond reproach’: Labor joins calls for review of RBA mentions Steven Hamilton

4/5/21 in Pedestrian: The PM’s COVID Vaccine Rollout Is Now Being Labelled An ‘Unmitigated Disaster’ & Honestly, Yep mentions Steven Hamilton

4/5/21 in The Age: Our vaccine rollout is a disaster – here’s how to fix it by Steven Hamilton

Week 48

4/4/21 in The Sydney Morning Herald: ‘World will move on without us’: Business, economists want to speed up vaccine rollout mentions Steven Hamilton

4/2/21 in Croakey: Australia’s vaccine rollout has so far been overhyped and under-delivered mentions Steven Hamilton

3/30/21 in Marketplace: Inflation is about more than a numbe‪r mentions Tara Sinclair

Week 47

3/24/21 in Australian Financial Review: To win the vaccine rollout race we must start sprinting by Steven Hamilton

3/22/21 in Indiana Gazette: 7 Ways to Help Recession-proof your Finances after the Pandemic mentions Tara Sinclair

Week 46

3/18/21 in Australian Financial Review: Will Frydenberg’s Legacy end with the Pandemic? by Steven Hamilton

Week 45

3/12/21 in Sydney Morning Herald: Vaccine complacency threatens to undo Australia’s hard work by Steven Hamilton

3/8/21 in Sydney Morning Herald: Australia is within its rights to stand up to Europe on vaccines by Steven Hamilton

Week 44

3/4/21 in The Australian: Accusations of ‘stingy’ dole rise miss the point mentions Steven Hamilton

2/24/21 in ABC News: The JobKeeper program ends soon. Here’s what could replace it mentions Steven Hamilton

2/21/21 in Mirage: JobSeeker overhaul could see introduction of unemployment insurance mentions Steven Hamilton

2/24/21 in Deccan Herald: US looking at ‘supercharged’ post Covid-19 Boom mentions Tara Sinclair

2/22/21 in New York Times: On the Post-Pandemic Horizon, Could That Be … a Boom? mentions Tara Sinclair

Week 43

2/19/21 in National Review: Biden’s Stimulus Risks Shortening the Recovery mentions Jay Shambaugh

2/18/21 in Financial Review: To find the third way on welfare, follow the Germans mentions Steven Hamilton

2/17/21 in The Guardian: Offering newly jobless five times as much as long-term unemployed would fail ‘most in need’ mentions Steven Hamilton

2/16/21 in The New Daily: Two-tiered ‘JobMatcher’ benefit should replace JobSeeker: Think tank mentions Steven Hamilton

2/16/21 in The Sydney Morning Herald: Unemployment insurance scheme floated as part of JobSeeker overhaul mentions Steven Hamilton

Week 42

2/14/21 in The New Daily: Economists call for more stimulus to replace JobKeeper mentions Steven Hamilton

2/12/21 in PolitiFact: COVID-19 aid for states and localities: How dire is the need? mentions Jay Shambaugh

Week 41

2/1/21 in Sydney Morning Herald: ‘Whatever it takes’: Vaccine strategy needs urgent rethink by Steven Hamilton

1/29/21 in The New Daily: Why higher household savings won’t guarantee our economic recovery mentions Steven Hamilton

1/29/21 in Tampa Bay Times: How healthy is the economy Joe Biden is inheriting? mentions Tara Sinclair

1/28/21 in Mother Jones: Biden’s Top Economist Has Studied Inequality for 3 Decades. That Could Come in Handy. mentions Jay Shambaugh

1/28/21 in PolitiFact: How healthy is the economy Joe Biden is inheriting? mentions Tara Sinclair

1/28/21 in The New Daily: ‘Multibillion-dollar risk’ for economy if vaccines are delayed by Steven Hamilton

1/27/21 in Marketplace: Letting the economy run hot mentions Tara Sinclair

1/21/21 in Economics Observatory: Past plagues: why did some create conflict while others promoted cohesion? by Remi Jedwab

Weeks 40-31

Week 40

1/17/21 in TIME: The Challenges Posed By COVID-19 Pushed Many Workers to Strike. Will the Labor Movement See Sustained Interest? mentions Adam Dean

1/16/21 in Haberler: Son dakika haberi… Pandemiyi fırsata çeviren korona işler mentions Steven Hamilton

1/15/21 in The Economic Times: View: Emphasizing common interests and understanding differences are key to cementing US-India ties by Ajay Chhibber

1/14/21 in The New Daily: JobKeeper will end in March. But do economists believe that’s a good idea? mentions Steven Hamilton

1/13/21 in The Mandarin: How Australia can phase out coal power while maintaining energy security by Steven Hamilton

1/12/21 in Forbes: American Women Lost More Than 5 Million Jobs In 2020 mentions Tara Sinclair

1/11/21 in The Economic Times: Budget 2021: Lessons for Nirmala Sitharaman from India’s favourite game by Ajay Chhibber

Week 39

1/08/21 in New York Times: Jobs Recovery Goes Into Reverse as Pandemic Takes a New Toll mentions Tara Sinclair

1/05/21 in Voice of America: Rising Debt Triggers Growing Alarm, Especially for Poorer Nations mentions Danny Leipziger

12/31/20 in Sozcu: Pandemi ekonomisi yeni girişimciler yaratıyor mentions Steven Hamilton

Week 38

12/21/20 in inosmi.ru: The New York Times (США): как поживает экономика США? mentions Steven Hamilton

12/21/20 in SeekingAlpha: Portfolio Capital Flows To Emerging Markets Amid The Pandemic mentions Danny Leipziger

12/18/20 in Finance & Commerce: How is the U.S. economy actually doing? mentions Steven Hamilton

12/17/20 in New York Times: How the Economy Is Actually Doing, in 9 Charts mentions Steven Hamilton

Week 37

12/14/20 in 苹果新闻: 疫情轉型潮●專題｜被裁人士用一技之長創業 自由身工作賺更多 抗拒再打工 mentions Steven Hamilton

12/08/20 in The Fiscal Times: Pelosi Rejects McConnell Offer on Covid Relief mentions Danny Leipziger

12/08/20 in Project Syndicate: The Pandemic Public-Debt Dilemma mentions Danny Leipziger

Week 36

11/19/20 in VNE Express: Bị sa thải và tự trở thành doanh nhân mùa dịch mentions Steven Hamilton

11/18/20 in Wall Street Journal: In the Covid Economy, Laid-Off Employees Become New Entrepreneurs mentions Steven Hamilton

11/01/20 in Global Village Space: Pandemic jolts governments away from Neoliberalism mentions Danny Leipziger

10/30/20 in Baltimore Business Journal: Economy’s big rebound leaves a shortfall as progress slows mentions Tara Sinclair

Week 35

10/29/20 in New York Times: U.S. Economy Makes Record Gains, but Problems Remain: Live Updates mentions Tara Sinclair

10/29/20 in Forbes: That Blockbuster GDP Number Doesn’t Mean We’re Out Of The Woods mentions Jay Shambaugh

10/28/20 in Axios: Economists throw cold water on Q3 GDP expectations mentions Jay Shambaugh

10/26/20 in Brookings: Don’t let flashy 3rd quarter GDP growth fool you, the economy is still in a big hole by Jay Shambaugh

Week 34

10/22/20: Central public sector with the pandemic by Alessandra Fenizia 

10/19/20 in Econofact: Understanding Economic Recovery Policies in the COVID-19 Era features Jay Shambaugh

Week 33

10/15/20 in The Tampa Bay Times: The push for a $15 minimum wage in Florida was winning. Can it survive COVID-19? mentions Jay Shambaugh

10/13/20 in Econofact: The Role of Automatic Stabilizers in Fighting Recessions mentions author Jay Shambaugh

Week 32

10/7/20 in New York Times: New Stimulus Hopes Fade While Economic Risks Grow mentions Jay Shambaugh

10/7/20 in Marketplace: Without more relief spending, the recovery’s likely to stall mentions Jay Shambaugh

Week 31

10/3/20 in New York Times: Workers Face Permanent Job Losses as the Virus Persists mentions Jay Shambaugh

9/27/20 in PYMNTS: New US Businesses Up 12 Pct, Highest Since 2007 mentions Steven Hamilton

Weeks 30-21

Week 30

9/26/20 in Wall Street Journal: Is It Insane to Start a Business During Coronavirus? Millions of Americans Don’t Think So mentions Steven Hamilton

9/24/20 in New York Times: Why the U.S. Risks Repeating 2009’s Economic Stimulus Mistakes mentions Tara Sinclair

9/20/20 in Business Insider: Trump threw stimulus checks back into play and called for a large economic aid package — but Republicans still aren’t backing more spending mentions Jay Shambaugh

9/20/20 in Sioux City Journal: Iowa Trump, Biden voters agree on need for small business pandemic aid mentions Steven Hamilton

Week 29

9/18/20 in Yahoo Finance: White House backs $1.5T virus package as GOP falls silent on deal features Jay Shambuagh

9/17/20 in New York Times: Playing Politics With a Vaccine mentions Jay Shambaugh

9/17/20 in Washington Post: Brookings Says $17,000 Tax Credits Would Aid Firms More Than PPP mentions Steven Hamilton

9/17/20 in New York Times: People Need Money Now. A $1.5 Trillion Deal Can Make It Happen by Jay Shambaugh

9/17/20 in Washington Post: Small businesses can drive the economic recovery — with our help by Steven Hamilton

9/15/20: An Open Letter by Australian Economists on Tradeoffs During the COVID-19 Crisis by Steven Hamilton

Week 28

9/6/20 in Australian Broadcasting Corporation: Businesses pay dividends and bonuses from the profits generated by JobKeeper mentions Steven Hamilton

Week 27

9/1/20 in Axios: Jobs are coming back — but many industries are still struggling mentions Tara Sinclair

Week 26

8/28/20 in Gage: People won’t die due to the disease; they will die due to hunger’: exploring the impacts of covid-19 on Rohingya and Bangladeshi adolescents in Cox’s Bazar by Sarah Baird and Jennifer Seager

8/27/20 in Indeed Hiring Lab: Indeed Survey: Urgent Job Search in the Time of COVID-19 by Tara Sinclair

8/25/20 in FiveThirtyEight: Even With A Vaccine, The Economy Could Take Many Months To Return To Normal mentions Tara Sinclair

Week 25

8/22/20 in Financial Times: Trump’s executive orders provide little money for jobless mentions Jay Shambaugh

8/21/20 in Baron’s: The Next Big Test for the Economy: Getting America Back to School mentions Tara Sinclair

8/21/20 in Financial Times: ‘Difficult decisions’ ahead as UK public debt tops record £2tn mentions Jay Shambaugh

8/21/20 in Financial Times: Governments puzzle over how to unwind job protection schemes mentions Jay Shambaugh

Week 24

8/11/20 in Economic Times: The virus has seriously exposed the limits of populism. But will the pandemic push it against the wall? by Ajay Chhibber

Week 23

8/6/20 in Marketplace: Using coronavirus relief to pay down credit cards mentions Jay Shambaugh

Week 22

7/3120 in Slate: The Extremely Boring Idea That Could Save the Economy mentions Jay Shambaugh

7/30/20 in BBC: US economy suffers sharpest contraction in decades features Tara Sinclair

7/30/20 in New York Times: A Collapse That Wiped Out 5 Years of Growth, With No Bounce in Sight mentions Tara Sinclair

7/30/20 in Marketplace: Let’s (sigh) do the numbers features Tara Sinclair

7/30/20 in Axios: The coronavirus pandemic has already caused lasting economic damage mentions Jay Shambuagh

7/27/20 in Phoenix TV South Pacific & Australia: 澳经济学家：政府应不惜余力恢复经济 features Steven Hamilton

Week 21

7/21/20 in BBN Times: Some Ways the Pandemic Could Alter the Shape of the US Economy mentions Jay Shambaugh

Weeks 20-11

Week 20

7/17/20 in Newsweek: Trump Demands Payroll Tax Cut in Stimulus Bill. But Is It Value for Money? mentions Steven Hamilton

7/16/20 in Brookings: How the Pandemic is Changing the Economy by Jay Shambaugh

7/16/20 at Australian National University: Data, data science and COVID-19 features Tara Sinclair

 7/12/20 in Pymnts: Economists Say 68 Pct Of Unemployed Workers Collected More Than Their Regular Wages mentions Jay Shambaugh

Week 19

7/11/20 in Financial Times: US heads for fiscal cliff as stimulus fades mentions Jay Shambaugh

7/6/20 in National Tax Journal: A tale of two wage subsidies: The American and Australian fiscal responses to COVID-19 by Steven Hamilton

Week 18

7/1/20 in The Nation: Diaspora Organizations Are Stepping Into the Void on Covid-19 mentions Jennifer Brinkerhoff

6/30/20 in The Hamilton Project: Who are the potentially misclassified in the Employment Report? by Jay Shambaugh

6/30/30 in The Brookings Institution: Who are the potentially misclassified in the Employment Report? by Jay Shambaugh

Week 17

6/26/20 in Jared Bernstein Blog: Hey, Senators! The case for extending Unemployment Insurance benefits is air tight mentions Jay Shambaugh

6/24/20 in Politifact: Fact-checking Biden’s comments on COVID-19 small business closures mentions Tara Sinclair

6/24/20 in Politifact: Fact-checking Biden’s comments on COVID-19 small business closures mentions Bryan Stewart

6/24/20 in New York Times: Why Do We Pay So Many People So Little Money? mentions Jay Shambaugh

6/22/20 in USA Today: Bye $600 jobless benefit, eviction reprieve, cash for small firms. COVID-19 relief ending mentions Jay Shambaugh

Week 16

6/19/20 in The Sydney Morning Herald: From bulbs to free parking: How the states have dealt with COVID-19 mentions Steven Hamilton

6/19/20 in FiveThirtyEight: The Economy Is A Mess. So Why Isn’t The Stock Market? mentions Tara Sinclair

6/19/20 in CNBC: A tale of two recessions: Some Americans thrive as others suffer mentions Jay Shambaugh

6/19/20 in MarketPlace: Why is Unemployment Still so High? mentions Jay Shambaugh

6/17/20 in Brookings: The slowdown in productivity growth and policies that can restore it by Jay Shambaugh

6/17/20 in The Elliott School: Coronavirus and International Trade: How Policies Affected Medical Supplies features Susan Aaronson

6/17/20 in The Brookings Institution: The slowdown in productivity growth and policies that can restore it by Jay Shambaugh

6/16/20 in World Politics Review: U.S.-China Tensions and Pandemic Fallout Collide in the Race to Lead the WTO mentions Kimberly Ann Elliot

6/16/20 in CNBC: There are more people getting unemployment benefits than there are unemployed workers mentions Jay Shambaugh

Week 15

6/13/20 in WMFE: Your Saturday Update: CDC Recommendations for Protests, Some Churches Offer Coronavirus Testing, When Kids Have Questions About COVID-19 mentions Danny Leipziger

6/12/20 in NPR: World Bank: Recession Is The Deepest In Decades mentions Danny Leipziger

6/9/20 in NBC: The US is officially in a recession. But will it actually become a depression? mentions Jay Shambaugh

6/9/20 in Australian Broadcast Corporation News: JobKeeper changes are on the way, and businesses other than child care could stop getting payments for workers mentions Steven Hamilton

6/9/20 in 6PR882 Radio: Six Months of JobKeeper was wrong features Steven Hamilton

Week 14

6/6/20 in Salon: Haven’t gotten your unemployment check? That’s intentional mentions Jay Shambaugh

6/5/20 in FiveThirtyEight: A Good Jobs report Does Not Mean a Rigged Jobs Report mentions Tara Sinclair

6/5/20 in Commercial Observer: Unemployment Rate Falls in May with an Increase of 2.5M Jobs mentions Jay Shambaugh

6/4/20 in Stamford Advocate: The U.S. economic slide is likely bottoming out, but a recovery could take years mentions Jay Shambaugh

6/4/20 in The Hamilton Project: Examining Options to Boost Essential Worker Wages during the Pandemic by Jay Shambaugh

6/3/20 in The Conversation: Economic snap back? Not so fast by Steven Hamilton

6/3/20 in KYW News: Nearly one-third of unemployment benefits have not been paid out yet by Jay Shambaugh

6/2/20 in Bloomberg: Unemployment Due to Coronavirus: A Third of Payments Not Paid Out mentions Jay Shambaugh

6/1/20 in IMF Blog: A Turning Point for Political Economy mentions Sunil Sharma

6/1/20 in IMF, Finance and Development: Reckoning with Systemic Hazards by Sunil Sharma

Week 13

5/30/20 in The Union Journal: Salt on the wound of inequality: coronavirus widens the economic gap mentions James Foster

5/28/20 in GW CCAS: Researchers Follow Social Distancing’s Path mentions Michael Mann

5/28/20 in New York Times:  Millions Relying on Pandemic Aid Can See Its End, and They’re Scared mentions Jay Shambaugh 

5/26/20 in Australian Financial Review: How to make JobKeeper work through a long recovery by Steven Hamilton

5/25/20 in Business Insider India: The workers that make your food put their lives on the line during pandemic. Whether they’re protected now is up to you. mentions Jay Shambaugh 

5/24/20 in The Sydney Morning Herald: PM, economists look beyond JobKeeper – and its $60b bungle mentions Steven Hamilton

Week 12

5/22/20 in Washington Post: Nearly every state had historic levels of unemployment last month, new data shows mentions Tara Sinclair

5/21/20 in The Skimm/Skimm This: More To Come: What Experts Say Congress Should Focus On features (podcast) Jay Shambaugh

5/21/20 in MarketPlace: This crisis is hard on us. It’s even harder on countries that aren’t rich. features (podcast) Stephen Kaplan

5/20/20 in Economic Times: View: India has been forced a reset by Covid-19, especially its political economy of reform by Ajay Chhibber

5/19/20 in WBFO News: We Can’t Take Your Call: Uber Drivers, Other Gig Workers Struggle For Unemployment mentions Jay Shambaugh

5/19/20 in World Police Review: No, Trump’s Trade Policies Still Won’t Save American Manufacturing by Kimberly Ann Elliott

5/19/20 in CNBC: Unemployment is nearing Great Depression levels. Here’s how the eras are similar — and different mentions Jay Shambaugh 

5/19/20 in Marketplace: Half of Americans who lost work or wages are getting $0 jobless benefits mentions Jay Shambaugh 

5/17/20 in The Sydney Morning Herald: Scheme is flawed but JobKeeper promises need to be honoured by Steven Hamilton

Week 11

5/16/20 in Voice of Action: ‘Horrific’ underemployment but the worst is yet to come mentions Steven Hamilton

5/15/20 in WRAL: Fact check: Has 50% of U.S. workforce been ‘idled’ by coronavirus? mentions Tara Sinclair

5/15/20 in CNBC: Study finds 44% of U.S. unemployment applicants have been denied or are still waiting mentions Jay Shambaugh 

5/14/20 in The Atlantic Council: Can India make an opportunity out of crisis? by Ajay Chhibber

5/14/20 in CNBC: Americans got $48 billion in unemployment benefits last month. It could have been double mentions Jay Shambaugh 

5/14/20 in Seeking Alpha: Coronavirus Slams Global Economy: Interview with Prof. Tara Sinclair mentions Tara Sinclair

5/13/20 in The Hamilton Project: Incomes Have Crashed. How Much Has Unemployment Insurance Helped? by Jay Shambaugh 

5/13/20 in The Conversation: How to Tweak JobKeeper if we Must by Steven Hamilton

Weeks 10-1

Week 10

5/7/20 in Newsweek: Trump Thinks Tax Cuts in Second Stimulus Package Will Provide a Path to Economic Recovery – Experts Disagree features Steven Hamilton

5/3/20 in The Financial Express: Coordinating Covid-Response: Global coordination needed to tackle Covid-19 crisis by Ajay Chhibber

Week 9

4/30/20 in The Washington Post: 3.8 million Americans sought jobless benefits last week, extending pandemic’s grip on the national workforce mentions Tara Sinclair

4/29/20 in The New York Times:  Worst Economy in a Decade. What’s Next? ‘Worst in Our Lifetime.’ mentions Tara Sinclair

4/29/20 in Foreign Policy: Terminal Deflation is coming by Trevor Jackson

4/28/20 in The Brookings Institution: The next COVID-19 relief bill must include massive aid to states, especially the hardest-hit areas mentions Bryan Stuart 

Week 8

4/24/20 in Time: The Government’s Small Business Loan Program Is Lending Money Again. Here’s How to Apply mentions Steven Hamilton

4/22/20 in The Brookings Institution: Global solutions to global ‘bads’: 2 practical proposals to help developing countries deal with the COVID-19 pandemic by Ajay Chhibber

4/21/20 in FiveThirtyEight: Even Without A Pandemic, It’s Hard To Forecast A Recession mentions Tara Sinclair 

4/21/20 in Crawford School of Public Policy, Tax and Transfer Policy Institute: Taxes and transfers in the time of COVID-19: A brownbag with Robert Breunig and Steven Hamilton features Steven Hamilton

4/20/20 in news.com.au: Coronavirus: Economists warn Morrison Government against relaxing restrictions, as Grattan report estimates virus will smash Australian jobs mentions Steven Hamilton

4/20/20 in The Sydney Morning Herald: Economists warn PM against ending social distancing as job losses grow mentions Steven Hamilton 

4/20/20 in The Hamilton Project: We Need to Let Economic Data Guide Further Economic Policy Responses to COVID-19 by Jay Shambaugh 

4/20/20 in The Hill: Your personal data is being used to fight COVID-19, but the data market needs transparency by Susan Aaronson

4/19/20 in The Conversation: Open letter from 265 Australian economists: don’t sacrifice health for ‘the economy by Steven Hamilton

4/19/20 in The Age: Even at $130 billion, JobKeeper package is a steal by Steven Hamilton

4/19/20: COVID-19 Open Letter by Steven Hamilton

Week 7

4/18/20 in New York Times:  The Economic Data is About to Get Weird mentions Tara Sinclair

4/18/20 in The Day:  Seven Ways to Recession-Proof Your Finances mentions Tara Sinclair

4/17/20 in The Sociable:  COVID-19 data collection poses post 9/11 privacy abuse risks: CNAS, DataGovHub panel mentions Susan Aaronson 

4/17/20 in The Associated Press: UN report: Pandemic turning into a ‘child-rights crisis’ mentions Sarah Baird 

4/16/20 in The Canberra Times: JobKeeper: What bosses need to know and how it affects your workplace mentions Steven Hamilton

4/16/20 in Dissent: The Sovereign Fed by Trevor Jackson

4/14/20 in Roll Call: These Democrats want automatic triggers to keep coronavirus relief flowing mentions Jay Shambaugh 

4/14/20 in Union Bulletin News: Cities, counties fear losing out on US virus rescue funding mentions Jay Shambaugh 

4/14/20 in Florida Politics: New Donald Trump administration panel to explore path to reopening U.S. economy mentions Jay Shambaugh 

4/13/20 in The Atlantic Council: War in peacetime: The state comes roaring back by Ajay Chhibber 

Week 6

4/9/20 in The Financial Express: India needs an economic package for revival by Ajay Chhibber 

4/9/20 in The Hill: We Are Already in a Deep Recession– Can We Make It a Short One? by Jay Shambaugh

4/9/20 in Impact 2020: Those just-released Florida jobless numbers? Assume they are probably baloney mentions Tara Sinclair

4/9/20 in The Conversation: JobKeeper is quick, dirty and effective: there was no time to make it perfect by Steven Hamilton

4/8/20 in USA Today: Should Congress follow Europe’s lead on stimulus to help U.S. workers and businesses? mentions Jay Shambaugh

4/7/20 in Crooked Media: The Economy After COVID-19 features Tara Sinclair 

4/7/20 in PYMNTS: How People Living Paycheck To Paycheck Are Surviving The Economic Meltdown mentions Jay Shambaugh 

4/6/20 in The Brookings Institution: Who stands to lose if the final SNAP work requirement rule takes effect? co-authors Jay Shambaugh  

4/6/20 in City Journal: The Impact of COVID-19 on America’s Labor Market mentions Bryan Stuart 

Week 5

4/4/20 in The Atlantic Council: A new “Asian drama”: Will COVID-19 destroy the progress against poverty eradication and human development in South and East Asia? by Ajay Chhibber 

4/3/20 in South Florida Reporter: 7 Ways to Help Recession-Proof Your Finances mentions Tara Sinclair 

4/3/20 in KERA News: From Hospitals To Parks To Jails, How The Coronavirus Is Affecting Texas mentions Jay Shambaugh 

4/3/20 in The Hamilton Project: We Are Already in a Recession: Can We Make It a Short One? by Jay Shambaugh 

4/3/20 in MarketWatch: ‘Already this is a nightmare’ — economists react to March jobs report mentions Tara Sinclair 

4/1/20 in Marker: This Looks Like a Depression, Not a Recession mentions Jay Shambaugh 

4/1/20 in The Jolly Swagman Podcast: #85 – How to put the economy into a coma features Steven Hamilton 

3/31/20 in CNBC: 4 ways the coronavirus law pays small businesses to keep workers mentions Jay Shambaugh 

3/31/20 in KERA News: To Improve Healthcare, Cut Costs features Jay Shambaugh 

3/30/20 in USA Today: ‘This is weird’: Kristen Bell hosts star-studded Nickelodeon coronavirus special for kids mentions Tara Sinclair 

3/30/20 in GW Today: Q & A: What Does the Stimulus Bill Mean for the Economy? mentions Danny Leipziger 

3/29/20 in The Wall Street Journal: After Three Coronavirus Stimulus Packages, Congress Is Already Prepping Phase Four mentions Jay Shambaugh 

Week 4

3/28/20 in The Brookings Institution Podcast: Brookings experts on the $2 trillion coronavirus response package features Jay Shambaugh

3/27/20 in NBC: Trump’s trade war exacerbated shortage of medical equipment mentions Micheal Moore

3/25/20 in The New York Times: After Being Courted by Trump, African Americans, Latinos Face Economic Blow From Coronavirus mentions Jay Shambaugh

3/25/20 in Business World: Needed: Bold Economic Life Support To Ride Out The Pandemic by Ajay Chhibber 

3/25/20 in Neosho News: Trump wants to ease COVID-19 restrictions, is it all up to him? mentions Jay Shambaugh

3/25/20 in USA Today: The $2 trillion stimulus is the biggest in history. How does it compare to 9/11, financial crisis bills? mentions Jay Shambaugh 

3/25/20 in The Brookings Institution Podcast: What’s in the Senate’s $2 trillion economic package? features Jay Shambaugh 

3/24/20 in USA Today: Trump wants to scale back coronavirus restrictions by Easter to help economy. Is it all up to him? mentions Jay Shambaugh

3/24/20 in World Politics Review: Trump’s trade policies are making the coronavirus pandemic even worse by Kimberly Ann Elliot 

3/24/20 in Marketplace: What to watch for in Thursday’s weekly unemployment claims numbers mentions Tara Sinclair

3/23/20 in The Hill: Coronavirus response must include bold fiscal policy by Jay Shambaugh

3/23/20 in The Hamilton Project: COVID-19 and the U.S. Economy: FAQ on the Economic Impact & Policy Response by Jay Shambaugh

3/22/20 in Bloomberg: Top Economists See Echoes of Depression in U.S. Sudden Stop mentions Tara Sinclair 

Week 3

3/21/20 in Fredericksburg: COMMENTARY: $1,000 checks will help, but it’s not enough mentions Jay Shambaugh

3/21/20 in VoxEU: A recession is a public health necessity – let’s keep it short by Steven Hamilton

3/20/20 in The Brookings Institution: Stimulus steps the US should take to reduce regional economic damages from the COVID-19 recession co-authored by Bryan Stuart

 3/20/20 in Tampa Bay Times: PolitiFact: How the 2008 and 2020 recessions will be different, and why that matters mentions Tara Sinclair

3/20/20 in FiveThirtyEight Podcast: How COVID-19 Is Changing The Economy features Tara Sinclair

3/19/20 in The Hill: Washington scrambles to prevent massive unemployment spike mentions Jay Shambaugh

3/18/20 in LA Times: Opinion: Giving everyone a $1,000 check will help the coronavirus downturn. But it’s not enough mentions Jay Shambaugh 

3/17/20 in Reuters: Explainer: How the White House can get $1,000 into the hands of every American mentions Jay Shambaugh 

3/17/20 in USA Today: What kind of stimulus package should congress pass to rescue the economy? mentions Jay Shambaugh 

3/17/20 in The Economic Times: Corona Pandemic 2020: How to Minimize the Damage in a Dangerous Year? by Ajay Chhibber 

Week 2

3/14/20 in USA Today: Economists applaud coronavirus relief package passed by House but say more is needed mentions Jay Shambaugh

3/12/20 in The Neoliberal Project: Neoliberal Project’s Quarantine Stream Day 1 w/ Prof. Steven Hamilton features Steven Hamilton

3/12/20 in The Union Journal: Trump Twiddles His Thumbs With Economy In A Tailspin mentions Jay Shambaugh 

3/12/20 in WaPo: Many experts fault Trump’s latest solutions for coping with coronavirus mentions Jay Shambaugh 

3/12/20 in WBUR-FM: Living Paycheck to Paycheck During the Coronavirus mentions Jay Shambaugh 

3/12/20 in ctpost: Experts question e∞cacy of Trump’s latest prescriptions to address outbreak mentions Jay Shambaugh 

3/12/20 in Reuters: U.S. coronavirus stimulus package stuck in Congress over paid sick leave mentions Jay Shambaugh 

3/12/20 in Herald News: Paid sick days? Payroll tax cut? Pros and cons of economic ideas to calm coronavirus fears mentions Jay Shambaugh 

3/12/20 in Insider: Health experts: Consider canceling your haircuts, facials, and pedicures as the coronavirus spreads mentions Tara Sinclair 

3/11/20 in DTN: Washington Insider — Wednesday Fighting the Coronavirus Shocks mentions Jay Shambaugh 

3/10/20 in Marketplace: What Trump’s payroll tax cut proposes to do for workers, businesses mentions Tara Sinclair 

3/10/20 in WaPo: The Finance 202: Trump will pitch ways to head off a coronavirus recession. They might not work mentions Jay Shambaugh

3/10/20 in Vox: The high-stakes fight over a coronavirus economic stimulus package, explained mentions Jay Shambaugh

3/10/20 in New York Times: Economic Prescription for Coronavirus: ‘You’ve Got to Go Fast’ mentions Jay Shambaugh

3/10/20 in The Brookings Institution: What can U.S. fiscal and monetary policy do to limit the economic harm from COVID-19? mentions Jay Shambaugh 

3/10/20 in CBS: As coronavirus recession threatens, economists recommend cash for people mentions Jay Shambaugh 

3/10/20 in Marketplace: CDC set to testify on Capitol Hill on its budget, as it responds to COVID-19 mentions Jay Shambaugh

3/9/20 in CoStar: Even a Strong Jobs Report Doesn’t Seem to Matter Much Now mentions Tara Sinclair

3/9/20 in The New York Times: Why the outlook for the economy just got worse mentions Jay Shambaugh

3/9/20 in The New York Times: Will the Coronavirus Cause.a Recession? Keep an Eye on Barbershops mentions Tara Sinclair 

Week 1

3/6/20 in Stamford Advocate: US hiring was likely solid in February before virus spread mentions Tara Sinclair 

3/6/20 in The Philadelphia Inquirer: U.S. added robust 273,000 jobs in February before virus escalated mentions Tara Sinclair 

3/6/20 in Dayton Daily News: To gauge economic damage from virus, watch for US jobs data mentions Tara Sinclair 

3/6/20 in LA Times: February U.S. job market robust with coronavirus impact uncertain mentions Tara Sinclair 

3/6/20 in az central: Trump considering economic stimulus to offset coronavirus impacts, White House adviser says mentions Jay Shambaugh 

3/6/20 in CNN: The Fed did its part to soothe coronavirus fears. Now the president and Congress must act mentions Jay Shambaugh 

3/6/20 in Union Journal: Want To Fend Off A Coronavirus Recession? Send People Money mentions Jay Shambaugh 

3/5/20 in The Wall Street Journal: Focus May Shift to Government Spending to Blunt Coronavirus Impact mentions Jay Shambaugh 

3/5/20 in Fortune: Coronavirus fears spur more volatility as 10-year Treasury yield hits an all-time low mentions Tara Sinclair

3/5/20 in Market Watch: Five things fiscal policy could do to fight a COVID-19 outbreak by Jay Shambaugh 

3/5/20 in Market Screener: Shielding Economy From Coronavirus Impact Could Require More Spending mentions Jay Shambaugh 

3/3/20 in The Hamilton Project: What Should a Fiscal Response to a COVID-19 Outbreak Look Like? by Jay Shambaugh 

3/3/20 in The New York Times: Stocks Tumble After the FED Cuts Rates mentions Tara Sinclair 

3/3/20 in The New York Times: Could the Coronavirus Cause a Recession (and How?) mentions Tara Sinclair

3/2/20 in New York Times: Why a Coronavirus Recession Would Be So Hard to Contain mentions Tara Sinclair 

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Susan A. Aaronson, Research Professor of International Affairs
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Sarah Baird, Associate Professor of Global Health and Economics
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Jennifer Brinkerhoff, Professor of Public Administration and International Affairs
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Maggie Chen, Professor of Economics and International Affairs
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Ajay Chhibber, IIEP Distinguished Visiting Scholar
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Kimberly Ann Elliott, IIEP Visiting Scholar; Fellow at the Center for Global Development
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James E. Foster, Institute for International Economic Policy (IIEP) Director; Professor of Economics and International Affairs
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Steven Hamilton, Assistant Professor of Economics
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Cheng Huang, Associate Professor of Public Health
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Trevor Jackson, Assistant Professor of History
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Remi Jedwab, Associate Professor of Economics and International Affairs
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Stephen Kaplan, Associate Professor of Political Science and International Affairs
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Danny Leipziger, Professor of International Business
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Michael Mann, Assistant Professor of Geography
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Michael O. Moore, MIEP Director, Professor of Economics and International Affairs
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