Welcome to the Post-Virus World
Mar 30, 2020 argues that mastering our new reality requires recognizing that a return to “normal” is not an option.
Simon Johnson
Simon Johnson, a former chief economist at the International Monetary Fund, is a professor at MIT Sloan and co-chair (with Retsef Levi) of the COVID-19 Policy Alliance, focused on actionable intelligence and operational recommendations to limit the human damage from the pandemic. He is the co-author, with Jonathan Gruber, of Jump-Starting America: How Breakthrough Science Can Revive Economic Growth and the American Dream.
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Welcome to the Post-Virus World 
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Coronavirus and the Global Economy Coronavirus and the Global Economy
Feb 27, 2020 laments the lack of American leadership in mitigating the rapid spread of COVID-19.
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Inequality and Economic Growth Inequality and Economic Growth
Jan 30, 2020 shows why policymakers can no longer afford to consider the two issues separately.
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Getting Past Reagan Getting Past Reagan
Dec 30, 2019 says that four decades of policies justified by trickle-down nonsense have left the US a weakened oligarchy.
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The Billionaire Problem The Billionaire Problem
Nov 29, 2019 examines why the United States has developed such a potent variant of it and how it should be addressed.
