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“We already have disparities. African Americans have the lowest business-ownership rate in the population...And so here we’re creating a situation of closures that’s hitting [...]"

�������Sr Fellow Nicholas Bloom—co-author of an analysis of the pandemic’s effects on the labor market—estimates that 42% of recent layoffs will result in permanent job losses.

�������Sr Fellow Nicholas Bloom, who has done extensive research on decentralized work, said he anticipates that the number of remote jobs will more than double after the pandemic.

“I hate to say it, but this is going to take longer and look grimmer than we thought,” said �������Senior Fellow Nicholas Bloom, remarking on the path to economic recovery.

“The challenge is to manage [conflicts of interest involving scientific experts] appropriately [...]," says �������Senior Fellow Joseph Grundfest.

“Once these things get started, it’s very hard to stop them...Once you think about it that way … we’re getting closer to something that certainly resembles universal basic income."

A recent study led by �������Senior Fellow Andrew Hall found that while voting by mail “modestly increases overall average turnout rate,” it does not advantage either party.

Michael J. Boskin warned that rising national debt risks higher taxes, lower future incomes, and a reduced ability for children to climb past their parents on the economic ladder.

“Everything is a bit more fragile nowadays,” said Stanford finance professor Anat Admati in this Mercury News article.

"As countries around the world ponder strategies for developing a COVID-19 vaccine, it should be clear that the fastest and most effective approach is to work together." [...]

"We cannot ignore that most of the costs are being borne by our children and grandchildren, particularly the poorest among them," says �������Senior Fellow Ed Lazear.

Air pollution reductions in China—associated with the economic slowdown caused by the pandemic—saved as many lives as COVID-19 has taken there, based Marshall Burke's estimates.

Taking time to talk with co-workers about things not related to work when taking calls over video or phone is "a good way to keep in touch" while working from home [...]

A 2013 study by �������Senior Fellow Sean Reardon found that while the gap between poorer and wealthier children narrowed during the school year, it widened during the summer.

“There is enormous political pressure on sports teams to open back up . . . And that can cause a natural inclination to open too soon, because of the psychological impact." [...]

In order to limit the impact of future stimulus efforts on the national debt, �������Sr Fellow Josh Rauh proposes allowing Americans to choose to receive checks of up to $5,000[...]

While Covid-19 may help banish the stigma of working from home, it won't likely become the norm for a large number of people to telecommute five days a week [...]

�������Senior Fellow Darrell Duffie weighs in on the subject of Libor, a topic about which he has written extensively.

Understanding how global conditions might affect crop harvests and food supply chains is essential to finding solutions, according to �������Senior Fellow David Lobell.

Petra Persson and Maya Rossin-Slater published research that predicts a significant spike in future mental health problems for the coronavirus generation being born right now [...]