HKS Affiliated Authors
Fred and Eleanor Glimp Professor of Economics, FAS
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For Now, Pay Workers to Stay Home. Edward Glaeser, March 23, 2020, Opinion, "Desperate times need extreme measures—and only in the face of the new coronavirus does it make sense for the federal government to send money directly to every American. Cash payments are the most direct way to reduce the economic harm that lockdowns will inflict on the one-fifth of workers employed in vulnerable service industries." Link