Research brief summarizing work by Abhay P. Aneja and Carlos F. Avenancio-León.
COVID-19: Economic Impacts, Human Responses
Panel discussion with with Jesse Rothstein, Hilary Hoynes, Gabriel Zucman, Ellora Derenoncourt, and Henry Brady.
Emmanuel Saez and Gabriel Zucman: Congress and the Coronavirus Pandemic
Emmanuel Saez and Gabriel Zucman urge Congress to legislate more forceful measures during the COVID pandemic to avoid another Great Depression. These include increased job protections, robust business support, universal healthcare, and excess profit taxes.
Read the full article on: New York Times.
Emmanuel Saez and Gabriel Zucman: Proposal for a Massive Government Intervention
Emmanuel Saez and Gabriel Zucman have been strongly advocating for a more robust federal response to the economic dislocations of COVID. In this piece at the Guardian, they press for the federal government to guarantee wages and lost revenues to business facing shutdown.
Read the full article on: The Guardian and
Would a wealth tax help combat inequality?
Discussion between Emmanuel Saez, Lawrence Summers, and Greg Mankiw at The Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE) conference on "Combating Inequality: Rethinking Policies to Reduce Inequality in Advanced Economies.”