
Mandatory business closures drove the economic decline during COVID-19 pandemic
USC study finds that personal voluntary behaviors to avoid infection also played a role in the downturn.
USC study finds that personal voluntary behaviors to avoid infection also played a role in the downturn.
It’s the second time in three years that members of the law school’s Center for Transnational Law and Business spoke to the trade organization.
Consumers may need to consider more cost-effective alternatives as compounding economic crises make it more expensive to enjoy holiday traditions we know and love. USC experts explain.
Overall life satisfaction continues to decline and racial discrimination against Asian and Black Angelenos remains high, but fewer people are planning to leave the county, according to a new LABarometer livability and affordability survey.
Nearly a quarter of Los Angeles County households experienced food insecurity over the last 12 months, up 7 percentage points since the end of 2021, according to a study released by USC Dornsife’s Public Exchange.
In the 1980s, making shareholders rich became the priority. USC Gould’s Dorothy Lund notes. That’s unlikely to change, unless …
When you factor in the cost to the environment, USC Price’s Marlon Boarnet notes, the price at the pump — even at today’s prices — doesn’t cover the true cost of using gasoline.
USC Dornsife’s latest LABarometer survey on affordability and prosperity finds that more than half the county experienced rising costs for local goods and services as well as housing in 2021.
USC experts discuss how tech-driven globalization and energy are front and center in Russia’s war on Ukraine.
The $1 million grant will fund work by Srivatsan Ravi and Pedro Szekely of the USC Information Sciences Institute and USC Marshall’s Larry Harris.
The USC Dornsife professor explains how market capitalism will help us adapt to the growing challenges unleashed by a warming planet.
COVID-19 revealed the fragility of our complex supply chain logistics. Expert Nick Vyas believes we can make it strong, sustainable and pandemic proof.
A sociology professor says the services of grocery store workers, agricultural laborers, caretakers and others need to be prioritized in America.
From the gig economy to remote offices, USC business and policy experts imagine the future of work.
The USC Dornsife Center for Economic and Social Research’s index of “pandemic misery” found that 80% of U.S. adults experienced at least one serious economic, psychological or health hardship between April 2020 and March 2021.
For more than half a century, USC’s Richard Easterlin has delved into the secrets of what does — and doesn’t — bring us joy.
Improved commutes and falling housing prices will benefit both new telecommuters and in-person workers in L.A., USC research finds.
It’s the fourth U.S. Geological Survey disaster scenario that incorporates economic consequence analysis in which USC researchers have played a major role.
As coronavirus infections spread throughout America, a USC study projects that the country stands to lose $3 trillion to $4 trillion in GDP over the next two years.
USC researchers have found that, by both sickening the workforce and changing people’s behavior, the coronavirus has been an economic disaster beyond even the Great Recession.
A new USC analysis of the Los Angeles and Golden State economies shows that rental affordability, homeownership and certain other indicators never fully rebounded from the Great Recession.
Staying in business and staying financially solvent are part of surviving a pandemic. USC experts talk about stresses and uncertainties for employees, their employers and the unemployed.
Two new USC Marshall classes will assist Trojans of all majors — not just business — in better understanding how the pandemic has affected financial markets and the economy.
Emily Nix wants to excite and captivate the students in her economics course this fall. With less than $60 in materials, here’s what she cooked up.