COVID-19
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鈥淭he epidemiology studies imply severe economic damage in the form of additional loss of human life (to which I assign high economic damage),鈥 observed Darrell Duffie.
March 30, 2020
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SIEPR Senior Fellow Nicholas Bloom shares some tips on how to effectively share a workspace with your roommate or partner.
March 29, 2020
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"In China, just two months of reduced pollution is likely to have saved the lives of 4,000 children under the age of 5 and 73,000 adults over the age of 70," says Marshall Burke.
March 27, 2020
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Due to coronavirus, many children have lost much of the educational structure that a classroom would normally provide. SIEPR Senior Fellow Eric Hanushek shares his thoughts [...]
March 27, 2020
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鈥淭his is really going to be a recession unlike anything we have ever seen before,鈥 said Mark Duggan, who is both the director of SIEPR and a SIEPR Senior Fellow.
March 26, 2020
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SIEPR Senior Fellow Ed Lazear discusses the need for liquidity, relief for small businesses, and potential recovery rate.
March 26, 2020
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"There is no reason that the federal government should spend upward of $50 billion to bail out airlines [...]"
March 26, 2020
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"The US must take steps to limit job-destroying regulations and avert growth-sapping tax increases 鈥 before it鈥檚 too late," says SIEPR Senior Fellow John Taylor.
March 26, 2020
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An open letter drafted by 成人大片 professors says the coronavirus stimulus package should benefit workers 鈥 not corporations and their wealthy shareholders.
March 26, 2020
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鈥淩ight now, the country鈥檚 frozen,鈥 said Anat Admati, a SIEPR Senior Fellow. "Policymakers have to decide what鈥檚 really best for society."
March 24, 2020
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"We don鈥檛 know the true infection rate in the U.S. Antibody testing of representative samples to measure disease prevalence (including the recovered) is crucial."
March 24, 2020
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"The government should provide what economists call liquidity [...]," says SIEPR Senior Fellow Ed Lazear.
March 24, 2020
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鈥淭his is not a silver lining. The pandemic is incredibly destructive...But it shows that when we really disrupt the economy and shut things down, we emit a lot less pollution[...]"
March 23, 2020
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"With Americans poised to experience their most abrupt liquidity shock in U.S. history [...] now is the time to deploy the full range of tools for addressing it."
March 22, 2020
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"Even big companies may face limits as to what they can or are willing to provide," says SIEPR Senior Fellow Nicholas Bloom.
March 22, 2020
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鈥淧eople will change their habits, and some of these habits will stick,鈥 said SIEPR Senior Fellow Susan Athey [...]
March 21, 2020
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In recessions, enrollment in higher ed goes up because opportunity costs go down [...]
March 19, 2020
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John Taylor鈥擲enior Fellow at SIEPR and the Hoover Institution鈥攄iscusses policy response to the coronavirus economic crisis.
March 19, 2020
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What consequences will the novel coronavirus have on our future鈥攁nd is there a silver lining? SIEPR Senior Fellows Marshall Burke and Nicholas Bloom join Freakonomics to discuss.
March 19, 2020
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鈥淭he country is being affected by a sudden shock that is preventing people from going to work and getting paid [...]"
March 18, 2020