August 9, 2020 | COVID-19, In the News
Mark Zandi, Moody’s Analytics Chief Economist, joins The Final Round to discuss his thoughts on what’s driving the markets, how investors should be thinking about the July jobs report and the impact of a stalling stimulus plan might have on the economy....
August 7, 2020 | COVID-19, In the News
Most sectors of the commercial real estate market in New Jersey have been badly hurt by the COVID-19 pandemic, but that’s not the case with residential real estate. It turns out home sales in many parts of the Garden State are doing great. According to Rutgers...
August 7, 2020 | In the News
Every time there’s a significant storm — whether it’s rain, wind snow or ice — millions of residents in the state lose their electricity for an extended period of time. Professor Frank Felder, the director of the Rutgers University Center for Energy, Economic and...
August 7, 2020 | COVID-19, In the News
The recession caused by COVID-19 and the various actions taken to help mitigate the spread of the infectious virus has been devastating to the nation’s economy, and many economists are calling it the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression. The numbers bear...
August 7, 2020 | COVID-19, In the News
Most sectors of the commercial real estate market in New Jersey have been badly hurt by the COVID-19 pandemic, but that’s not the case with residential real estate. It turns out home sales in many parts of the Garden State are doing great. According to Rutgers...
August 6, 2020 | COVID-19, In the News
The constitutionality of the new law authorizing state debt without voter approval is about to be reviewed by the New Jersey Supreme Court. At issue is whether the state can issue these bonds because of the COVID-19 emergency, and if the proceeds can be used as...
August 6, 2020 | In the News
Many worry that President Trump’s suspension of the H-1B visa program in June, and his recent executive order increasing scrutiny of federal contractors’ use of H-1B visa holders to replace U.S. workers, will create a black hole of talent in STEM fields....
August 6, 2020 | COVID-19, In the News
CNBC’s Kelly Evans discusses whether Congress should extend the additional $600 in unemployment benefits the federal government provided people who lost their jobs due to the coronavirus pandemic with Barry Knapp of Ironsides Macroeconomics and Bill Rodgers of...
August 6, 2020 | COVID-19, In the News
Repubican opponents of New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy’s proposal to borrow up to $9.9 billion for offsetting COVID-19-related revenue losses was argued before the state’s highest court Wednesday and they said the state’s constitution and past legal precedent should...
August 6, 2020 | News
Six long-time members of the Bloustein School faculty will have retired at the end of the 2019-20 academic year. “These individuals have had an immense impact and have made many wonderful contributions to the Bloustein School, Rutgers University, and the...
August 4, 2020 | EJB Talks
2020: It’s an election year like no other. In this episode of EJB Talks, we get back to national politics. Bloustein School Director of Engagement and Special Project Amy Cobb MPAP ’18 returns to ask Professor Stuart Shapiro some pressing questions...
August 3, 2020 | News
Bloustein School Ph.D. candidate Ellen Oettinger White is the recipient of The Caroline Thorn Kissel Summer Environmental Studies Scholarship from The Garden Club of America. The Caroline Thorn Kissel Summer Environmental Studies Scholarship promotes environmental...
August 3, 2020 | In the News
…. in the political sphere, dismissing women, feeling comfortable ridiculing and diminishing them, abusing them verbally, has been going on for a long time, violating any sane standard for acceptable behavior. But now, what may have once been thought, even...
July 31, 2020 | In the News
Small employers are at the cross-currents of pandemic-driven forces. Many small businesses rely on face-to-face interactions, and few have deep pockets to weather shutdowns and stalled demand. The revenue freefall that businesses have experienced over the last five...
July 29, 2020 | COVID-19, In the News
Rutgers analyst James Hughes says the cultural and economic landscape’s been forever altered by the COVID-19 pandemic. He notes New Jersey’s still short 600,000 jobs lost to the lockdown. As for all the jobseekers, his new report sketches a bleak economic recovery...
July 29, 2020 | In the News
State and local revenues have cratered since New Jersey was slammed by the coronavirus, and the need to cut costs by sharing municipal services has taken on a greater meaning. Data from the Department of Community Affairs (DCA) shows that Gov. Murphy...
July 28, 2020 | EJB Talks
Stuart Shapiro welcomes Associate Professor of Public Policy Julia Rubin to our episode of EJB Talks this week. She shares her personal experience starting an NJ-based educational grassroots organization that exposed her to the institutional aspects of New Jersey...
July 27, 2020 | COVID-19, In the News
New Jersey is the only state in the nation to see the number of new coronavirus cases drop in the last two weeks, but the pandemic’s financial impact continues to grow, according to a new Rutgers study. The economic freeze, fueled by...
July 27, 2020 | COVID-19
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, the public workforce system is working to expand its virtual operations and public-facing offerings to accommodate the ongoing need and demand for high-quality virtual assistance. In order to ensure frontline staff and customer...
July 21, 2020 | COVID-19, EJB Talks
Will the nature of college be forever changed by the pandemic and the ensuing recession? This is just one of the questions discussed on EJB Talks this week. Stuart Shapiro and Marc Weiner, Executive Director of Undergraduate Programs for the Bloustein School, examine...
