How the US & Japanese Governments have Responded to the Covid-19 Crisis: An Economic Overview

When
01 May 2020
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM (PDT)
Location
Zoom Online

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Join us for our first Business Speaker Series event online.

The current global pandemic has forced governments to think big, and act quickly. The US and Japan have reacted differently, both trying to limit the total impact and help business survive. Join us as Professor Hiro Ito, Chair of the Economics Department at Portland State University, dissects their actions, lays out successes and failures, and helps us consider our shared future economic outlook.

Professor Ito takes on questions including:

Professor Ito takes on questions that may include:

How are the US and Japan's government responses affecting the economy of each?
What are the hoped for and expected outcomes?
Are there unexpected or unplanned for challenges?
How are businesses, the economy, and society reacting?
Are any especially successful policies?
What kinds of business innovation may be driven by the virus and/or government regulation?
How are political interests influencing citizens’ rights? Their financial decisions?
Is either government allowing political decisions to influence policy as reflected in financial outcomes for corporations or individuals? How so?
Under short-term and longer-term models of recovery – what might the “new normal” look like, and from an economics perspective, have we changed?

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