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Older Households' Financial Fragility
The slow return to normalcy after the Covid-19 pandemic has brought back a perennial risk to older workers’ wellbeing: financial fragility.
Willi Semmler, NSSR’s Arnhold Professor of International Cooperation and Development, says his students reflect the spirit of the time and can play an active role in shaping the world of the future.
Brief—Status of Older Workers Report
Urban Matters, a publication of The New School's Center for New York City Affairs, featured an update on post-pandemic Hudson Yards by SCEPA researchers.
Last updated July 20, 2020.
A compendium of economic thoughts and policy recommendations in response to the coronavirus.
SCEPA's 2019 annual report documents how we bring reality into conventional economics by providing alternatives to mainstream thinking, empowering policymakers with economic insights, and creating lasting change for everyone.
Brief— SCEPA's latest research finds that the COVID-19 recession worsens the inequality of job safety among older workers.
Tax increment financing (TIF) is a popular but controversial financial tool used by local governments to fund economic development.
SCEPA Fellow Rick McGahey examines the pandemic's crushing economic effect on New York City in a new Forbes blog.