covid 19

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

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)

It seems like we live in a different world than we did when I wrote to you all just last month.  The markets have been fluctuating wildly, leaving even the professionals unsure of what comes next.  We’ve all become (perhaps overly) familiar with the term… Read More »Hunkering Down

Combating the economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States: A policy statement by the Robert Schalkenbach Foundation