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Finding your balance in a topsy-turvy market
Associate Professor Vicki Bogan, director of Dyson’s Institute for Behavioral and Household Finance, suggests couples work as a team when it comes to saving.
Unions, advocates say Trump putting meat packing workers at risk
Associate Professor Miguel Gomez describes the difficulty of social distancing protocols in large food plants and risks to production capacity.
New York dairy farmers feel the squeeze from Coronavirus as milk sales dry up
Professor Andrew Novakovic says that dairy supply chains weren’t able to immediately pivot to delivering consumer goods sold in grocery stores.
The U.S. plans to lend $500 billion to large companies. It won’t require them to preserve jobs or limit executive pay
Professor Eswar Prasad worries the Fed’s coronavirus aid program to companies lacks important restrictions that could protect jobs moving forward.
Gambling opponents want a Lottery moratorium
Professor David Just says COVID-19 isolation orders could detract from lottery ticket sales, such as Scratch Offs, which often are an impulse buys.
The Rundown: Dyson Edition
Recent expert perspectives from Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management faculty and students on COVID-19’s impact on our world.
As COVID-19 spreads, New York farms have been sent scrambling. Learn how they are coping
With NYS dairy struggling, Andrew Novakovic, professor of agricultural economics, says he is not aware of any previous milk dumping on this scale.
Farmers are worried about going under. That could put fruit and vegetables in short supply.
Andrew Novakovic, professor of agricultural economics at Dyson, warns of future U.S. food supply shortages due to COVID-19 related farm struggles.
Coronavirus crisis prompts call to suspend lottery gambling
As stimulus checks start to be mailed, Professor David Just says poorer people buy lottery tickets based on their need for more money, not for fun.