Alternative Macro Policy Response for a Pandemic Recession

Jan Kregel

Economics Policy Note Archive from Levy Economics Institute

Abstract: As COVID-19 infection and test positivity rates rise in the United States and federal stimulus plans expire, Senior Scholar Jan Kregel articulates an alternative approach to analyzing the economic problems raised by the pandemic and organizing an appropriate policy response. In contrast to both the mainstream and some Keynesian-inspired approaches, Kregel advocates a central role for direct social provisioning as a means of equitably sharing the costs of quarantine under conditions of strict lockdown.

Date: 2020-10
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