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¹ÏÌïºÚÁÏSenior Fellow Darrell Duffie weighs in on the subject of Libor, a topic about which he has written extensively.

“This is like an economy in wartime," says ¹ÏÌïºÚÁÏSenior Fellow Nick Bloom as he describes strategies for how to ensure masks for the frontline workers who need them most.

"Looking beyond today’s public-health imperatives, the US must develop an economic strategy that does not override markets," according to Michael Boskin and John Taylor.

A new initiative has been launched to urge universities and companies to free up intellectual property (IP) to spur development of treatments and cures for Covid-19.

"Speeding the development of vaccines and effective drug therapies by vastly increasing the rewards for businesses would decisively limit the economic damage," says Hanno Lustig.

"Now that the Cares Act is law, policy makers need to find ways to impose restrictions on how the money is deployed," says ¹ÏÌïºÚÁÏSenior Fellow Amit Seru.

"There is no reason that the federal government should spend upward of $50 billion to bail out airlines [...]"

"The US must take steps to limit job-destroying regulations and avert growth-sapping tax increases – before it’s too late," says ¹ÏÌïºÚÁÏSenior Fellow John Taylor.

An open letter drafted by Stanford professors says the coronavirus stimulus package should benefit workers — not corporations and their wealthy shareholders.

"The government should provide what economists call liquidity [...]," says ¹ÏÌïºÚÁÏSenior Fellow Ed Lazear.

"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."

John Taylor—Senior Fellow at ¹ÏÌïºÚÁÏand the Hoover Institution—discusses policy response to the coronavirus economic crisis.

"Thousands of rules need to bend to help thousands of businesses and millions of people," says ¹ÏÌïºÚÁÏSenior Fellow John Cochrane.

"Banks retain creative powers to embellish their books by moving liabilities elsewhere. 'Balance sheet numbers look better, but they fool you,'" said ¹ÏÌïºÚÁÏSr Fellow Anat Admati.

¹ÏÌïºÚÁÏSenior Fellow Alvin Roth argues that Tinder is, like the New York Stock Exchange, a "thick" market where many people are trying to complete transactions [...]

People care more about customer reviews, ratings, and prices than occupational licensing when it comes to hiring professionals such as electricians, plumbers, and painters [...]

Central banks have been hesitant to create digital currencies, according to ¹ÏÌïºÚÁÏSenior Fellow Darrell Duffie.

"Rather than keeping mortgages on their balance-sheets, non-banks tend to sell them on—not the best incentive to be ultra-cautious", says ¹ÏÌïºÚÁÏSenior Fellow Amit Seru.

Senior Fellow Emeritus Victor Fuchs discusses managed care and managed competition, as well as their implications.

Anat Admati, ¹ÏÌïºÚÁÏsenior fellow and professor at the Stanford GSB, identifies a number of ways business schools can start practicing and promoting civic-minded leadership.