What We’re Reading: Economy

A collection of musings that inspire and provoke us.

Readings collected in June 2020

Cities and states that were facing economic challenges before the pandemic will continue to struggle as they push through these uncertain times. Yet they are also poised to be leaders in innovation as they seek new ways out of the crisis, leveraging public and private funding opportunities, new upstarts, and targeted investments in health to ignite creative destruction across many sectors.

• Creative local fiscal responses to move from crisis to recovery
• Coronavirus downturn likely to add to high government debt in some countries
• COVID-19 may be inflection point for investment in social determinants
• The Economic Antidote to COVID-19
• How an economic crisis impacts innovation: lessons from the Great Depression
• How the Passion Economy will disrupt media, education, and countless other industries
• Needed: Main Street Regenerators
• A PLAYBOOK FOR RESILIENCY: Creating Opportunity for All Texans
• The Deeper, Longer Disease
• A blueprint for good work
• Remaking the Case for Strategy in an Interdependent World