Georgetown Public Policy Review
Policy Shaping Our Future
With a lack of leadership at the federal level, many of the major policy decisions responding to the COVID-19 pandemic have been left to the states. As a result, governors have implemented a wide range of policy responses. With President Trump and other Republican leaders seeking to downplay the severity of the virus, attitudes toward […]
While the worst effects of the COVID-19 outbreak in the United States have been relatively concentrated in a handful of cities and states, early indicators suggest that the economic fallout of the virus will be widespread. Weekly data on unemployment insurance claims from the Department of Labor have shown a staggering increase since the outbreak […]