Job Loss Inequality (Links to an external site)
This press release summarizes research with Ella Needler on job loss inequality, comparing the Great Recession with the Covid-19 economic crisis.
Commentary on the Biden Infrastructure proposal (Links to an external site)
Fazzari quoted extensively in a St. Louis Post Dispatch column by David Nicklaus
American Democracy Podcast (Links to an external site)
Steve Fazzari and Washington University history professor Peter Kastor discuss President Trump’s impact on the economy and country and implications for Biden’s presidency
Commentary on the American Rescue Plan (Links to an external site)
Detailed analysis of the large rescue / stimulus plan. This commentary was prepared in mid January, before President Biden took office. Most of the items discussed here were enacted in the bill the President signed.
Was the pre-pandemic Trump economy really the “greatest?” No. (Links to an external site)
Fazzari quoted in PolitiFact assessment that the President’s claims about the economy are rated “False.”
Politifact commentary: jobs during presidential terms (Links to an external site)
How does job growth in the Trump years compare with historical presidential terms?
Effects of enhanced unemployment benefits (Links to an external site)
The expired $600 weekly unemployment benefit is more important than an additional stimulus check for all families
Enhanced unemployment benefits remain vital (Links to an external site)
Inequality and the COVID-19 Recession (Links to an external site)
Steve Fazzari quoted in this Los Angeles Time article on how the big spending collapse for affluent households spill over to hurt the incomes of lower-wage service-sector workers that sell to the well-to-do.
Fazzari appears on PBS “Donnybrook” (Links to an external site)
A spirited discussion of the economy in the early days of the Covid-19 crisis. Fazzari segment starts about 28 minutes into the show.