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The Economy’s “She-Cession” Persists, Especially for Women of Color
By Meredith Covington and Ana H. KentGetty Images/Drazen ZigicDuring most of the coronavirus pandemic and COVID-19 recession, women have faced higher unemployment rates than men, as the pandemic...
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A Way to Influence Public Policy
Podcast: A Way to Influence Public PolicyIn this Women in Economics interview, Marie Mora and Lea-Rachel Kosnik discuss why having diverse perspectives at the policymaking table is essential.University...
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Podcast: “The Quiet Conversations Have Gotten Louder” around Workplace...
Part of our Timely Topics: Economic Equity miniseries.https://medium.com/media/e07a38efcc37b33e86498b7a7e675667/href“The quiet conversations have gotten louder,” Douglas Scarboro, regional executive of...
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Putting Racial Equity at the Center of Conversations
By Ryan Heinz, External Engagement StaffEvents and protests this past summer turned up the volume on national conversations about fair treatment of Black Americans, including in the workplace and the...
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Podcast: Inequality and Stock Market Participation
Part of our Timely Topics: Economic Equity miniseries.https://medium.com/media/7319a9e6e0749fceb6814a9afe2b1261/href“High-income people, they save more, and then the return of their wealth is also...
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How the Shipping Container Shaped Global Trade over the Past 50 Years
By Alexander Monge-Naranjo, Qiuhan SunKEY TAKEAWAYSInnovations have played significant roles in expanding global trade throughout history.A simple trade innovation — the shipping container — may have...
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Has Wealth Inequality in America Changed over Time? Here Are Key Statistics
By Ana Hernández Kent, Senior Researcher, and Lowell R. Ricketts, Data Scientist, Institute for Economic EquityIf you Google “wealth inequality in America,” you may find our blog post What Wealth...
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Federal Funding in Response to COVID-19
By Crystal FlynnAt the onset of the COVID-19 crisis, the federal government moved quickly to enact four major pieces of legislation to help offset potential economic, health and societal impacts of the...
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Central Bank Digital Currencies: Back to the Future
By Amalia EstenssoroKEY TAKEAWAYSMonetary authorities are researching central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), which could make payment and settlement systems more efficient.Once issued, CBDCs will be...
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Are We Really in This Together? The Divided Nature of the COVID-19 Crisis
By Alexander Monge-Naranjo, Research Officer and EconomistEconomists often distinguish between idiosyncratic shocks — those that affect a small number of individuals — and aggregate shocks — those that...
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