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Review Essay: The Prince

Fiscal Strategies to Help Cities Recover—and Prosper

Despite robust economies, many local officials entered 2020 already worried about budget balances that looked fragile in the short term and problematic in the long term due to enormous pension and hea

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act: Which Firms Won? Which Lost?

The Tax Cut and Jobs Act (TCJA) slashed corporations’ median effective tax rates from 31.7% to 20.8%. Nevertheless, 15% of firms experienced an increase.

The Social Construction of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights

The United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) unanimously endorsed the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (Guiding Principles) in June 2011.To date, they constitute the only official guid

The Impact of COVID-19 on Small Business Outcomes and Expectations

Identification and Estimation of Undetected COVID-19 Cases Using Testing Data from Iceland

In the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, international testing efforts tended to target individuals whose symptoms and/or jobs placed them at a high presumed risk of infection.

Fiscal Policy Responses to Economic Inequality

Outside of direct fiscal policy effects, the rise in inequality may be attributed to the demand for highly skilled labor rising more rapidly than its supply, as well as to reduced bargaining power by

What Jobs Are Being Done at Home During the COVID-19 Crisis? Evidence From Firm-Level Surveys

The threat of COVID-19 has increased the health risks of going to an office or factory, leading more workers to do their jobs remotely.

Policies for a Second Wave

Although confirmed COVID-19 cases and deaths are declining in the Northeastern states that have been hardest hit by the pandemic, in other parts of the nation confirmed cases are rising and deaths are

The Unemployment Pandemic: Addressing America’s Jobs Crisis

1. The unemployment crisis is severe. 2. Unemployment insurance has played a critical role both for the workers who have lost their jobs and for the economy as a whole. 3.