Green COVID-19 recovery packages can boost economic growth and tackle climate change, researchers say
Researchers find long-term, climate-friendly stimulus policies are often superior in overall economic impact – not just in slowing global warming.
Cambridge University News •
cambridge
May 5, 2020 • ~7 min
May 5, 2020 • ~7 min
Coronavirus medical costs could soar into hundreds of billions as more Americans become infected
Reopening state economies too soon risks a second wave of the pandemic, and a surge in medical costs. Anyone who pays insurance premiums and taxes will be picking up the tab.
Bruce Y. Lee, Professor of Health Policy and Management, City University of New York •
conversation
May 4, 2020 • ~8 min
May 4, 2020 • ~8 min
As the coronavirus interrupts global supply chains, people have an alternative – make it at home
The rush to make personal protective equipment like facemasks and face shields using 3D printers shows that the technology can help circumvent global supply chain disruptions.
Joshua M. Pearce, Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, and Electrical and Computer Engineering, Michigan Technological University •
conversation
April 24, 2020 • ~9 min
April 24, 2020 • ~9 min
Coronavirus is spreading through rural South’s high-risk population – reopening economies will make it worse
Southern governors are starting to reopen their economies at the same time COVID-19 cases are spreading through the rural South.
Meagen Rosenthal, Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Administration, University of Mississippi •
conversation
April 24, 2020 • ~7 min
April 24, 2020 • ~7 min
Coronavirus: how economic rescue plans can set the global economy on a path to decarbonisation
An economic downturn as severe as the great depression is possible, but what should emerge out of it?
John Barry, Professor of Green Political Economy, Queen's University Belfast •
conversation
April 20, 2020 • ~6 min
April 20, 2020 • ~6 min
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