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U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer meet with Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin to wrap up work on coronavirus economic aid legislation, Washington, D.C., March 20, 2020, photo by Mary F. Calvert/Reuters

The Economic Wallop of COVID-19: Q&A with Faculty Experts

Mar 26, 2020

As Washington continues to weigh economic responses to the COVID-19 pandemic, here are insights from Pardee RAND professors on how aid money might be best allocated, how this crisis compares to the 2008 recession, what business communities can do right now, and more.

A man wears a mask while walking past the New York Stock Exchange in New York City, March 17, 2020, photo by Lucas Jackson/Reuters

The Social Distancing Economy: Q&A with Pardee RAND Faculty and RAND Experts

Mar 18, 2020

Congress and the White House are weighing economic policies to help people acutely affected by the coronavirus pandemic. Here are insights from RAND experts, including several Pardee RAND professors, on what might be effective in terms of fiscal policy, stimulus spending, and emergency relief to affected workers.

A man wearing a face mask looks at his phone at Dulles International Airport in Dulles, Virginia, March 12, 2020, photo by Kevin Lamarque/Reuters

Truth Decay in the Coronavirus Moment: Q&A with Prof. Jennifer Kavanagh

Mar 17, 2020

Prof. Jennifer Kavanagh, who wrote the RAND book Truth Decay about the diminishing role that facts play in making important public policy decisions, calls the unfolding situation with the novel coronavirus and COVID-19 a worst-case scenario.

University of California, Berkeley Professors Lisa Wymore and Greg Niemeyer look at the Zoom screen showing students in their online Collaborative Innovation course in Berkeley, California, U.S., March 12, 2020, photo by Nathan Frandino/Reuters

Coronavirus Forces Colleges Online. Profs Ask: Will Learning Ever Be the Same?

Mar 16, 2020

Colleges and universities have turned to online courses to help slow the spread of COVID-19. But distance learning may also hold promise as a long-term strategy to help make higher education more accessible and affordable, write Professors Charles Goldman and Rita Karam.

Nurses Becky Barton and Jess White help nurse Jeff Gates take off protective gear after interacting with a patient at a drive-through testing site for coronavirus, flu and RSV, currently by appointment for employees at UW Medical Center Northwest in Seattle, Washington, March 9, 2020, photo by Lindsey Wasson/Reuters

Prof: COVID-19 Offers a Stress Test for a U.S. Health Care System Already Under Stress

Mar 12, 2020

There are many things hospitals and health systems could be doing in the coming weeks to best prepare for the advancing novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. Prof. Christopher Nelson says evaluating their surge response plans will be critical.