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What makes cities vulnerable to COVID-19? Concentrated poverty, says econ professor - Edward Glaeser
May 28, 2020, Audio, "Disease has thrived among dense populations since cities began. But COVID-19 is the worst example since 1918, and New York City is America’s primary victim,…
May 27, 2020, Video, "COVID-19 is amplifying a fundamental democratic mismatch: the vulnerable, often low-income and of-color, workers who are among the most affected by this…
May 24, 2020, Opinion, "Spurred on by President Trump, Republican governors are reopening their states. In other states, protests against the lockdown roll on even as the country…
May 24, 2020, Paper, "Outside of direct fiscal policy effects, the rise in inequality may be attributed to the demand for highly skilled labor rising more rapidly than its supply…
May 20, 2020, Audio, "Within the economics profession, the John Bates Clark Medal is a huge deal. It's awarded each year by the American Economic Association to the best economist…
May 19, 2020, Video, "Dani Rodrik is Ford Foundation Professor of International Political Economy at the Harvard Kennedy School. He has published widely in the areas of economic…
May 19, 2020, Paper: "We examine gender gaps in career dynamics in the legal sector using rich panel data from one of the largest global law firms in the world. The law firm…
May 2020, Paper, "Employment rates in the United States fell dramatically between February 2020 and April 2020 as the initial repercussions of the COVID-19 pandemic reverberated…
May 2020, Book Chapter, "We live in an age of astonishing inequality, together with volatile and oligarchic politics. We also confront seemingly intractable inefficiencies in key…
May 15, 2020, Opinion, "The pandemic is amplifying the risk of a world-wide food-price spike, which would trigger outright crises in many developing countries. Governments must…