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Coronavirus Recession

Three important questions to answer about global financial stabilization policies amid the coronavirus recession

Tax & Macroeconomics
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Brad DeLong: Worthy reads on equitable growth, April 11–18, 2020

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Weekend reading: The structural changes needed to fight the coronavirus recession edition

Coronavirus Recession

The coronavirus pandemic highlights the importance of disaggregating U.S. data by race and ethnicity

Inequality & Mobility
Coronavirus Recession

Dealing with the U.S. economic and public health effects of the coronavirus recession compassionately and with an eye on a strong recovery

Inequality & MobilityFamiliesTax & Macroeconomics
Coronavirus Recession

The coronavirus pandemic requires a wartime commitment for essential workers’ access to childcare

FamiliesInequality & Mobility
Coronavirus Recession

The coronavirus recession exposes how U.S. labor laws fail gig workers and independent contractors

Labor
Equitable Recovery

The coronavirus recession and economic inequality: A roadmap to recovery and long-term structural change

LaborTax & MacroeconomicsInequality & Mobility
Coronavirus Recession

Two significant U.S. macroeconomic needs to consider amid the coronavirus pandemic

Tax & MacroeconomicsFamiliesLabor