RSF’s Coronavirus Update
Our Executive Director Jodie Faass addresses the inequity of the impact of COVID-19 on our communities – both physically and financially – and how together, we can implement policies that benefit us ALL.
COVID 19
An Economic Vaccine for COVID-19 (That Might Just Save the Environment, Too…)
On November 9, 2016, I climbed the stairs, dreading what would come next. A moment later, I sat on my six-year-old’s bedside. “Who will save our environment?” he sobbed, his face buried in my lap. A few days later we began volunteering weekly at our… Read More »An Economic Vaccine for COVID-19 (That Might Just Save the Environment, Too…)
‘It’s positively alpine!’: Disbelief in big cities as air pollution falls
Delhi is one of many capitals enjoying improved air quality since restrictions were introduced due to the coronavirus by Hannah Ellis-Petersen in Delhi, Rebecca Ratcliffe in Bangkok, Sam Cowie in São Paulo, Joe Parkin Daniels in Bogotá and Lily Kuo in Beijing Sat 11 Apr… Read More »‘It’s positively alpine!’: Disbelief in big cities as air pollution falls
Universal Basic Income an Economic Vaccine
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Store owners boarding up buildings across Manhattan
By Luke Funk Published 1 day ago Coronavirus FOX 5 NYimage: Edwin Hooper on Unsplash NEW YORK – A growing scene for those who venture out into the streets of Manhattan these days is boarded up storefronts. From luxury retailers to small bars, establishments that have no idea when they are… Read More »Store owners boarding up buildings across Manhattan
Compensating for Lost Revenue During COVID 19
by Fred Foldvary and Nicolaus Tideman Governments owe compensation for the losses that individuals and companies incur from the temporary shutdowns that they, these governments, have imposed in response to the coronavirus pandemic. The compensation they owe must be on-going compensation rather than the one-time… Read More »Compensating for Lost Revenue During COVID 19
The Great Adaptation
They’re now calling this “The Great Adaptation,” which brings to mind “The Great Simplification” described by Jason Bradford (in The Future Is Rural: Food System Adaptations to the Great Simplification); the crisis is described this way as well as by Richard Heinberg (in The Party’s… Read More »The Great Adaptation
COVID-19 factors of production
The COVID-19 pandemic and the containment measures taken to control it likely will be together the seminal economic events of a generation, surpassing the financial crisis of 2008 and rivaling stagflation in importance. Indeed, unlike 2008 and like stagflation, this crisis is manifesting as a… Read More »COVID-19 factors of production
How the Covid-19 recession could become a depression
Coronavirus is a global economic catastrophe. By Ezra Klein@ezraklein Mar 23, 2020, 9:20am EDT As the COVID-19 pandemic worsens, it’s hard to decide which are scarier: the conversations I’m having with epidemiologists or the conversations I’m having with economists. “This is an economic… Read More »How the Covid-19 recession could become a depression
RSF’s Policy Response to Coronavirus: An “Economic Vaccine” for the U.S. (version II)
The idea that the earth belongs to all people, and should provide for all people, lies at the heart of the Robert Schalkenbach Foundation’s mission. As the U.S. finds itself in the grips of the COVID-19 pandemic, this foundational idea and a shared recognition of… Read More »RSF’s Policy Response to Coronavirus: An “Economic Vaccine” for the U.S. (version II)
