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To avoid a Great Depression, Congress must quickly design a more forceful response to the crisis, say Emmanuel Saez and Gabriel Zucman in an Op-Ed for The New York Times. Read more
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Economics Professor Martha Olney contributed to a Berkeley News article on the impact of COVID-19 on graduating seniors. Read more
Now Is the Time to Inoculate Against the Economic Mutation of COVID-19, says Professor of Economics Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas in an article for Foreign Affairs. Read more
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An Economic-History Lesson for Dealing with the Coronavirus: New Yorker writer John Cassidy spoke with Berkeley Economics Professor Barry Eichengreen on how this crisis differs from previous ones in recent history. Read more
NPR's Planet Money discusses whether a payroll tax cut would work in the COVID-19 economy, with Berkeley Economics professor Alan Auerbach. Listen now
NPR Planet Money in conversation with Berkeley Economics Professor Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas on how government needs to step in to ensure economics networks are preserved, and the irreversible damage that could be done if they are not. Listen to the interview