OVERVIEW: Pandemics always affect economic life; COVID-19 has had a powerful impact on national and global economies, generating recession and possible depression. This session will assess the tensions that have arisen between reestablishing economies and mitigating the epidemic. It will also assess economic policies for sustaining and rebuilding essential economic stability and growth.
GUEST FACULTY:
● Karen Dynan - Professor of the Practice, Department of Economics, Harvard University
● Gita Gopinath - John Zwaanstra Professor of International Studies and of Economics,
Harvard University
● Eric Maskin - Adams University Professor and Professor of Economics and Mathematics,
Harvard University
