The continuing gallop of the coronavirus pandemic across cities and towns, suburbia and exurbia, and rural communities throughout the United States ensures our economy will not soon escape the ongoing coronavirus recession. But the ways in which the coronavirus and COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus, afflict some people…

As small businesses across the United States fight to survive the coronavirus recession, and all too many succumb to the extraordinary pressures they are facing, we can see the continuing impact as millions of workers continue to file for unemployment insurance benefits. These small businesses are the lifeblood of their…

The voices of protesters on the streets of cities and towns across the United States over the past few weeks reverberate a message Black Americans have spoken out about for generations: They cannot trust and have never been able to trust government to act on their behalf, whether it’s addressing…

On March 25, 1911, 146 workers were trapped and killed in the Triangle Shirtwaist Company fire in New York City. More than a century later, the same callousness that led the owners of that company to lock exits and risk workers’ lives reverberates again across our nation. …

The answer is we need to measure it. Here’s how. — This week, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) unveiled a new, comprehensive coronavirus relief bill. It is the first and only of such relief packages that would effectively measure how low- and middle-income families are faring amidst the crisis and beyond. This provision would support efforts…

As millions of Americans feel the pain of the coronavirus and the unavoidable coronavirus recession, we need to focus on more than just our short-term priorities — defeating the virus and limiting the exposure and economic damage to workers and families. …

Government officials at all levels in the United States are increasingly, almost frantically, calling for a robust testing system with the twin goals of containing the coronavirus pandemic and reopening the economy. Some states, such as Massachusetts, have been ahead of the curve, employing an extensive “track and trace” system…

This piece originally ran in The American Prospect on April 6, 2020 as part of an economists roundtable on the coronavirus crisis. The coronavirus is, above all, a public-health crisis, and the economic impact could be devastating. But before any of us even heard of COVID-19, our society and economy…

Spoiler alert: This recession will be deeper and more protracted unless we take action now. — If there’s one thing I know, it’s that economists shouldn’t make predictions, as we’re notoriously bad at it. There — now that that’s out of the way — I am about to make five predictions about our economy over the next year. The economic model of allowing economic inequality to…