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Economics & Finance Professors Speak Out on Impact of Congress' Coronavirus Relief Bill

Congress must bail out people before large corporations.

Wednesday, Mar 25, 2020, 11:00am - 12:00pm EDT

EVENT DESCRIPTION

Congress must bail out people before large corporations. This is the gist of an open letter to Congress by a growing list of 80+ leading economists and finance professors from major universities around the country. The authors and representatives of the signers will discuss what’s at stake in the $2 trillion coronavirus relief package, and answer questions about what it does--and will not do--to keep the nation's economy out of recession.

PANELISTS:
Anat Admati, Professor of Finance and Economics, Stanford Graduate School of Business
Jonathan Berk, Professor of Finance, Stanford Graduate School of Business
Jonathan Parker, Professor of Finance, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sloan School of Management
Paul Pfleiderer, Professor of Finance, Stanford Graduate School of Business


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