Miles Corak, Janet Gornick, Paul Krugman, Leslie McCall, Branko Milanovic and Salvatore Morelli — each with unique expertise in the study of inequality — offer insights on the crisis. Learn more.
Jackie Jahn, a social epidemiologist who will be joining the Stone Center as a postdoctoral scholar this fall, discusses the consequences of the pandemic on incarcerated populations. Learn more.
More commentary from other web sites by scholars associated with the Stone Center.
Pandemics and Social Capital: From the Spanish flu of 1918–19 to Covid-19
Guido Alfani and colleagues, CEPR
The Care Theory of Value
Nancy Folbre, personal blog
Cities and Pandemics: A Long History
Edward Glaeser, City Journal
The New Empty Argument Against Trade
Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg, Project Syndicate
Will We Face Depression-Era Job Losses? Let’s Not Find Out
Darrick Hamilton and colleague, The New York Times
Facing Covid-19, Low-Wage Service Workers Are Striking Across the Country. Here’s Why — and Why It Matters.
Alexander Hertel-Fernandez and colleagues, The Washington Post
The Economic Response to Covid-19: A Q&A
Hilary Hoynes, Goldman School of Public Policy
The Coronavirus Won’t Usher in an American Welfare State
Lane Kenworthy, Foreign Affairs
How to Create a Pandemic Depression
Paul Krugman, The New York Times
China’s Political System and the Coronavirus
Branko Milanovic, Social Europe