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COVID-19 Viewpoints | April 14, 2020

John Van Reenen on Economic Policy and Covid-19

Radio Corona - MIT Technology Review, John Van Reenen

MIT economist: successfully restarting our economy depends on our trust in the government, quality of our health care, and ability to monitor those infected.

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COVID-19 Viewpoints | April 6, 2020

Fighting Coronavirus with Big Data

Harvard Business Revie, Julie Shah

MIT AI researcher and roboticist, and Harvard public health researcher: how computation will solve the problem on how to return to safely congregating during COVID.

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COVID-19 Viewpoints | April 2, 2020

CNBC’s @Work Livestream — Leadership & Management Amid Crisis

CNBC, Liz Reynolds

CNBC Work Livestream - Leadership and Management Amid Crisis - submit questions and agenda included.

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COVID-19 Viewpoints | March 31, 2020

How economists view the policy response to the Covid-19 crisis so far

LSE Business Review, David Autor

Views on the interactions between containment measures and economic activity, and the need for investment to support the medical response to the health emergency.

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COVID-19 Viewpoints | March 30, 2020

Column: Economists agree with doctors that prematurely lifting lockdown would be disastrous

Los Angeles Times, David Autor

Doctors and epidemiologists voices warned against prematurely lifting stringent social regulations to combat the novel coronavirus, now 44 economists weigh in.

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COVID-19 Viewpoints | March 26, 2020

Massachusetts Unemployment Claims Skyrocket, Shattering All Previous Records

WBUR, Tom Kochan

MIT economist Tom Kochan on the 3.3 million unemployment claims - an increase of 3 million from the week before, and why it could worsen depending on COVID-19.

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COVID-19 Viewpoints | March 24, 2020

‘This is cataclysmic’: The coronavirus could obliterate 5 million to 6 million jobs in March alone

Fortune, Lance Lambert and David Autor

The jobs cuts from American businesses and industries, like airlines and cruise lines, could add 5 million to 6 million people to the unemployment line in March.

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Task Force News | March 10, 2020

Why are workers getting smaller pieces of the pie?

MIT News, David Autor and John Van Reenen

Big companies spending more on capital, less on workers are gaining market share. Smaller firms spending more on workers, less on capital are losing market share.

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Task Force News | February 26, 2020

Power to the People

MIT Technology Review

To address the anxiety of American workers being replaced by technology, MIT explored the legacy of tech in the American workplace to understand what lies ahead.

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Task Force News | February 8, 2020

Technology could help employers temper the workforce shortage

Union Leader

"Should we embrace technology in our workplace or fear it" sparked a discussion about technological change and the impact on jobs, productivity and the economy.

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