Skip to main content

COVID-19 Viewpoints | June 9, 2020

MIT plays key role in statewide effort to produce PPE

MIT News, Elisabeth Reynolds, John Hart

The Massachusetts Emergency Response Team (M-ERT) helps manufacturers produce personal protective equipment and other medical devices for health care workers.

View COVID-19 Viewpoints

Task Force News | June 8, 2020

Thomas Kochan Outlines Roadmap for Economic Recovery

Good Companies, Good Jobs Initiative, at Sloan

On May 30, during "MIT's Virtual Tech Reunions 2020," MIT Sloan Professor Thomas Kochan discussed three key challenges and opportunities in the wake of COVID-19.

View Task Force News

Task Force News | June 3, 2020

Urban Protests Put US Economy in Their Sights

Nonprofit Quarterly, David Autor

While once cities might have been sites of disinvestment, today they're often sites of a high level of investment, but they largely exclude residents of color.

View Task Force News

Task Force News | May 26, 2020

Robots Help Some Firms, Even While Workers Across Industries Struggle

Robotics Business Review, Daron Acemoglu

Study shows firms that move quickly to use robots tend to add workers to their payroll, while industry job losses more concentrated in firms that change more slowly.

View Task Force News

COVID-19 Viewpoints | May 9, 2020

Could the pandemic give America’s Labour Movement a Boost?

The Economist, Tom Kochan quoted

Gig workers are organizing in tech-savvy ways; could the pandemic give America's labour movement a boost? Protestors outside Amazon in CA set up a picket line.

View COVID-19 Viewpoints

Task Force News | May 8, 2020

The Urgent Need to Strengthen the Nation’s Resilience

The Wall Street Journal

Today, one of the most critical post-pandemic priorities must be to restore and strengthen the resilience of the nation and the world. What will that look like?

View Task Force News

COVID-19 Viewpoints | May 8, 2020

The Urgent Need to Strengthen the Nation’s Resilience

The Wall Street Journal, CIO Journal blog Mention of Task Force on the Work of the Future Report

Digital infrastructure, online applications, digitization, AI adoption, automation and the future of work are some recent demonstrations of digital resilience.

View COVID-19 Viewpoints

Task Force News | May 5, 2020

Covid-19 may become an “automation forcing event”

Forbes, David Autor

COVID-19 has already upended our economy in novel ways, and is poised to accelerate other forces, including automation, that were already reshaping the workforce.

View Task Force News

COVID-19 Viewpoints | April 28, 2020

Workforce Education Project details how Covid-19 upends assumptions

MIT News, Sanjay Sarma and Bill Bonvillian
View COVID-19 Viewpoints

COVID-19 Viewpoints | April 27, 2020

If Hospitals and Supermarkets Are The New Front Line, We Need a New GI Bill

Newsweek, Paul Osterman

After World War II, America renewed and made permanent well earned benefits for veterans. We should do the same today for the people who are on the front line.

View COVID-19 Viewpoints
Load More