Three pillars to the economic response

Academics at Chicago Booth looks at three important pillars of the economic policy response to the COVID-19 crisis. First, following the advice of medical experts, we must do all we can to spread the number of infections over time, or “flatten the curve’’. Second, policies should facilitate production and decision-making in a temporarily socially distanced world. Third, we should prepare to make the post-virus recovery as rapid as possible. Importantly they say this is a unique opportunity to make investments in human capital.

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Florida: Opportunities in a crisis

Florida: Opportunities in a crisis

The Florida State Board of Administration has made some strategic moves to take advantage of opportunities in the dislocation, including in private equity, distressed debt and active listed equities.. But CIO, Ash Williams, is concerned about the underlying real economy.

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Coronavirus: Is this the end of globalisation?

A conversation with Stephen Kotkin, Professor in History and International Affairs, Princeton University.

COVID-19 and the climate hole

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Global policy tracker

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COVID-19 highlights human rights

The financial system will play a critical role in enabling economic recovery, development and contributing to wider societal well-being, including a focus on human rights. The PRI is working with investors to ensure that the financial sector contributes to, not detracts from, more inclusive societies. A world post COVID-19 needs to ensure the recovery respects both the boundaries of the planet and the rights of its people.

Global policy tracker

The HBS Global Policy Tracker is an initiative to collect and standardise economic policies implemented around the world as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic. It focuses on fiscal policy, monetary policy, and lockdowns. The data is updated in real-time with the efforts of several dozen students and staff at Harvard Business School and other Harvard Schools.

Post-lockdown economic recovery in China

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