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Covid-19

Commentary

Why Economic Predictions Are Useless Right Now

Branko Milanovic
The Covid-19 crisis is unprecedented in its global scope and open-ended, uncontrollable progress. By their very nature, the models that economists often use to...
Antitrust and Competition

Covid-19 and Amazon’s Future: a Webinar With Stacy Mitchell, Steven Kaplan, and Jacob Schlesinger

ProMarket writers
As part of the Stigler Center’s Political Economy of Covid-19 Series of online programming, which explores the economic and political implications of Covid-19 with...
Covid-19

How Were the PPP’s $660 Billion for Small and Medium Firms Allocated?

John M. Barrios
A new study suggests that the Payroll Protection Program's funds were primarily allocated based on 2019’s estimated payroll, which is how the program was...
Covid-19

When and How the US Should Reopen Is a Matter of Politics, Trust in Institutions and Media, Survey Says

Marianne Bertrand
A new survey from the Rustandy Center and the Poverty Lab at the University of Chicago finds that political party affiliation and trust in...
Covid-19

Why Social Distancing Measures Seem Less Effective in the US

Gabriele Borg
Guidelines assume that the less people move around, the less likely they are to be in contact. However, phone location data show that in...
Antitrust and Competition

Amazon-Owned Movie Theaters: the Next Step in Entertainment Industry Consolidation

Matt Stoller
Amazon is in talks to buy AMC Theaters, whose business model was jeopardized by the coronavirus pandemic. Other streaming companies, such as Disney and...
Covid-19

Capital and Ideology: a Webinar With Thomas Piketty, Robert Topel, and Edward Luce

ProMarket writers
As part of the Stigler Center’s Political Economy of Covid-19 Series of online programming, which explores the economic and political implications of Covid-19 with...
Covid-19

After the Lockdown: Italian Consumers Are Cautious About Returning to Normal

Guglielmo Briscese
The effects of reopening commercial and recreational activities depend not only on legislative provisions but also on the propensity of consumers to return to...
Covid-19

The Childcare Barriers to Putting America Back to Work

Jonathan Dingel
Substantial fractions of the US labor force have children at home and will likely face obstacles in returning to work if childcare options remain...
Covid-19

How Benjamin Netanyahu Used the Covid-19 Crisis to Save His Political Career

Guy Rolnik
As countries around the world are waging war on the coronavirus, Israel’s prime minister has managed to leverage the crisis to gain more power than ever. It...
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