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.
USC Marshall’s new dean, Geoffrey Garrett, sits down for a conversation with President Carol L. Folt — and COVID-19 isn’t far from their minds.
The latest data from USC Dornsife’s ongoing coronavirus study also reveal that L.A. residents have fared worse financially than the national average.
A visiting scholar at the USC Schaeffer Center envisions a certification system that would allow people who’ve recovered from COVID-19 to begin jump-starting the economy.
While the impending recession triggered by the coronavirus seems unprecedented, USC research has found that workers with low socioeconomic status will be hit hardest yet again.
Three USC researchers at the National Center for Risk and Economic Analysis of Terrorism Events are about to embark on a study of the virus’s economic consequences.
Two related studies from a USC professor show a country torn between helping people for free and imposing costs on those who need a hand.
Clayton Dube, director of the USC U.S.-China Institute, explains this latest phase of the trade war and how it might impact American consumers.
USC experts explain what’s behind the sweeping switch from brick-and-mortars to online-only brands.
Researchers across disciplines at USC turn a scientific eye on happiness and its complex connection to our health, relationships and economy.
The science of making up your mind is more complicated than you might think.
USC experts weigh in on what may come next and what was behind the controversial decision.
USC Price Professor Raphael Bostic returns from leave to explain economic policy and its implications for the country.
USC’s Elizabeth Currid-Halkett argues that the well-off have found new ways to show off — in ways that still hurt society.
Thanksgiving openings and a new role for Cyber Monday are just a few ways retailers are adapting to our changing shopping patterns.
USC experts say cash prices for medication can vary widely in the same neighborhood. But few comparison shop for health care.
USC-led study finds that when foot traffic is down, crime goes up — even when the closed businesses were marijuana dispensaries thought to be crime magnets.
USC researcher outlines a vision of how social science can be incorporated into the work that economists do.
The distinguished economist has been described as an ‘optimistic defender of globalization.’