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How to help an economy in crisis
Published March 25, 2020
Kathleen Day, an expert in financial crises at the Carey Business School, discusses the $2 trillion stimulus package currently before Congress and how it can help the nation weather the economic storm
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The politics of the pandemic
Published March 24, 2020 Video
SNF Agora Institute convenes experts virtually to examine issues related to COVID-19 and its impact on democracy around the world
Kathleen Sutcliffe
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Key lessons for organizations responding to COVID-19
Published March 20, 2020
Kathleen Sutcliffe, an expert in organization theory, gives low marks to public and private entities for how they've responded to the coronavirus outbreak
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Oh, the humanity
Published March 19, 2020
Why are people hoarding toilet paper during the coronavirus outbreak? It takes restraint to resist our instincts in the face of social dilemmas, JHU professor says.
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Idea
A targeted talent search
Published Spring 2020
Leaders from JHU's Center for Talented Youth rethink the one-size-fits-all approach to identifying academically advanced students / Johns Hopkins Magazine
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Game night
Published Spring 2020
Game from Sheridan Libraries' Special Collections challenges players to advocate for women's voting rights while avoiding police / Johns Hopkins Magazine
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Literature
Prose of war
Published Spring 2020
Michael O'Donnell didn't return home from the Vietnam War. His poetry did. / Johns Hopkins Magazine
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A new world order
Published Spring 2020
Kent Calder's new book, Super Continent, predicts the rise of a Eurasian superpower / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Stock market
Macroeconomics
Recession appears 'inevitable' amid COVID-19 crisis
Published March 16, 2020
Alessandro Rebucci, an expert in macroeconomics and financial institutions at the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School, says the shock to the economy caused by coronavirus poses formidable challenges
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Commentary
Protecting food security during a pandemic
Published March 13, 2020
The government should expand access to food programs and guarantee sick leave, write Roni Neff and Erin Biehl of the Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future / The Hill