Online enrollments at Coursera are up 500% from the same time a year ago, says CEO Jeff Maggioncalda.
“You just get a much bigger fiscal bang for the buck,” says Mark Blyth, the economics professor and author of “Angrynomics.”
A possible cure for the economic crisis caused by the pandemic? The job guarantee. Pavlina Tcherneva of Bard College explains the job-creation idea.
“Disconnected youth” are neither attending school nor working. COVID-19 could push the youth disconnection rate to 1 in 5 young people.
“Going back to normal would be disastrous for Black Americans,” says Andre M. Perry of the Brookings Institution.
“Isn’t our objective to work together peacefully and achieve greatness together in a broad way?” Dalio asks.
“Let’s put the people who need work together with the jobs that need to be done,” says Felicia Wong, president and CEO of the Roosevelt Institute.