Overcoming racism to advance opportunity, how public health policies protect businesses, and American openness to imposing a no-fly zone.
| How public health policies protected women-owned businesses during the pandemic There is no doubt that the initial waves of the pandemic disproportionately affected minorities and small businesses and exacerbated existing income and wealth inequalities—but the disparities varied from country to country. Addisu Lashitew, Addis Birhanu, and Yamlaksira Getachew explore whether good public policies were associated with a narrower performance gap between male- and female-owned businesses. Read more |
| Overcoming racism to advance economic opportunity “Our patchwork of social service programs acts to blunt the worst effects of poverty, but in a nation as wealthy as ours, those social programs are not designed to put families on the path to economic mobility.” In her testimony before the House Ways and Means Committee, Camille Busette argues for the need to address wealth and health disparities in the United States. Read more |
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