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Did Big Tech Save the World From an Even Bigger Economic Meltdown?

Bhaskar Chakravorti evaluates if the nations with better digital readiness experienced greater economic resilience during the COVID-19 meltdown, via his Foreign Policy column.

In the News

Fatalism and Vertigo During the Pandemic

July 30, 2020

Dan Drezner publishes his July 2020 pandemic diary entry, via his Washington Post column.

We Must All Talk About Gold Again Right Now!

July 29, 2020

Dan Drezner explores the dollar’s reign as the world’s principal reserve currency, via his Washington Post column.

Leadership in an Age of Climate Change

July 29, 2020

Dean Rachel Kyte appears on the Cleaning Up podcast to discuss affordable and reliable energy, and how graduate schools can help address racial inequalities.

Antitrust Questions Bruise but Don’t Break Big Tech Ceos in Historic Hearing

July 29, 2020

Bhaskar Chakravorti shares his reactions to the latest big tech Congressional hearings, in a conversation with MarketWatch.

7 Things the U.S. Needs to Do to Recover From the Coronavirus Recession, According to Economists

July 28, 2020

Michael Klein speaks with CNBC about the key to COVID-19 economic recovery.

Lawmakers Keen to Break up ‘Big Tech’ Like Amazon and Google Need to Realize the World Has Changed a Lot Since Microsoft and Standard Oil

July 28, 2020

Bhaskar Chakravorti explores the misconceptions about big tech, in a piece for The Conversation.