Coronavirus (COVID-19) Economics

Workers are busy at assembling a vehicle along the production line at a workshop of Shandong branch of Chinese state-owned automobile and commercial vehicle manufacturer JAC Motors, Qingzhou county-level city, Weifang city, east China's Shandong province, 31 May 2020. fachaoshiNo Use China. No Use France.

China’s economy bounces back, but to which growth path?

China Leadership Monitor Monday, August 31, 2020

The Reagan era ushered in four decades of a deliberate degradation and disinvestment in the institutions of the state, based on the theory that small government is good and the rest can be taken care of by markets. That is what sets apart this American moment from other moments in Western democracies that also are struggling with this pandemic.

Constanze Stelzenmüller U.S. News & World Report Friday, August 28, 2020

People walk on the esplanade of La Defense, in the financial and business district, west of Paris, France, October 6, 2017. REUTERS/Charles Platiau - RC1B9BB86D30

Class Notes: Explaining the rise of populism, generosity in policymaking, and more

Ember Smith and Richard V. Reeves

Wednesday, August 26, 2020

Clemson University Chemistry professor Dr. Will McWhorter teaches General Chemistry virtually by zoom meeting during the first day of fall classes at Clemson University in Clemson Wednesday, August 19, 2020.Clemson Univeristy First Day Fall Classes Virtual

Zoom is now critical infrastructure. That’s a concern

John Villasenor

Thursday, August 27, 2020

US POST VEHICLE IN SUMMERFIELD FLORIDA USA - CIRCA 2014 -United States Postal Service collection and delivery van on a residential complex in Summerfield Florida USA

How is the U.S. Postal Service governed and funded?

Tyler Powell and David Wessel

Wednesday, August 26, 2020

Can we alleviate racism and systemic inequality by expanding broadband during COVID-19?

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Close up of COVID-19 relief payment check

Did CARES Act benefits reach vulnerable Americans? Evidence from a national survey

Stephen Roll and Michal Grinstein-Weiss

Tuesday, August 25, 2020

Restaurant workers

‘Back to work in the flames’: The hospitality sector in a pandemic

Tracy Hadden Loh, Annelies Goger, and Sifan Liu

Thursday, August 20, 2020

13th year old student Jayen in her bedroom in front of her laptops during distance virtual school learning amid Coronavirus Pandemic in Broward County, Florida Public Schools. Florida began their experience with online virtual distance learning, amid the growing coronavirus pandemic on March 31, 2020 in Miramar, Florida. (Photo by JL/Sipa USA)No Use UK. No Use Germany.

TechTank Podcast Episode 2: How has COVID-19 transformed work, education, and healthcare?

Darrell M. West

Thursday, August 20, 2020

Bethesda, USA.- U.S. President Donald Trump wore a mask during a visit to a military hospital on Saturday (11), the first time the president has been seen in public with the type of facial covering recommended by health officials as a precaution against spreading or becoming infected by the novel coronavirus. Trump flew by helicopter to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., located just outside of Washington, D.C., to meet wounded servicemembers and health care providers caring for COVID-19 patients. As he left the White House, he told reporters: "When you're in a hospital, especially ... I think it's expected to wear a mask."

Emergency rulemaking in response to COVID-19

Thursday, August 20, 2020