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Weekend reading: Helping the hardest-hit during the coronavirus outbreak edition

Coronavirus Recession

U.S. economic policy principles for confronting the coronavirus recession

Inequality & MobilityFamiliesTax & MacroeconomicsLabor
Coronavirus Recession

The most exposed workers in the coronavirus recession are also key consumers: Making sure they get help is key to fighting the recession

Inequality & MobilityTax & Macroeconomics
Coronavirus Recession

Three important questions to answer about U.S. financial stabilization policies amid the coronavirus recession

Tax & Macroeconomics
Labor Markets

JOLTS Day Graphs: February 2020 Report Edition

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Coronavirus Recession

The latest research on the public health and economic costs and benefits of containing the coronavirus pandemic

Inequality & MobilityTax & Macroeconomics
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Brad DeLong: Worthy reads on equitable growth, March 28-April 4, 2020

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Weekend reading: Unemployment, low-wage workers, and the new coronavirus edition

Coronavirus Recession

First Jobs Day report since the onset of the coronavirus recession exposes a U.S. labor market in crisis

Labor