2020 Fall

PUBPOL 290 010 - LEC 010

Special Topics in Public Policy

Economic Policy for the Pandemic

Jesse Rothstein

Aug 26, 2020 - Dec 11, 2020

10:30 am - 11:59 am

Internet/Online

Class #:15374

Units: 2

Instruction Mode: Remote Instruction

Offered through Richard and Rhoda Goldman School of Public Policy

Current Enrollment

Total Open Seats: 0

Enrolled:

Waitlisted:

Capacity:

Waitlist Max:

No Reserved Seats

1 to 4 hours of instructor presentation of course materials per week, 2 to 8 hours of outside work hours per week, and 0 to 2 hours of the exchange of opinions or questions on course material per week.

Other classes by Jesse Rothstein

+ 2 Independent Study

Course Catalog Description

Course examines current problems and issues in the field of public policy. Topics may vary from year to year and will be announced at the beginning of the semester. Open to students from other departments.

Class Description

The COVID-19 pandemic has created economic circumstances unlike anything we have ever seen before. Policymakers are forced to improvise to design policies appropriate to the moment. This course will review the impact of the pandemic on the economy and the policy responses, focusing on the effects on families and workers. We will consider a range of policies, including paid leave, furloughs, shelter-in-place orders, unemployment insurance enhancements, unconditional cash payments, and fiscal relief for state and local governments. For each, we will consider the problem to which it was responding, its suitability to that problem, alternatives that might have been considered, and the evidence about its efficacy. We will discuss what lessons, if any, the experience of 2020 has for economic policy going forward.