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Then & Now: The Economic Fallout Of The 1918 Flu Epidemic And The Novel Coronavirus
Listen to me on WPR talk about the differences between federal economic aid during the 1918 influenza epidemic, and today’s unprecedented level of stimulus spending to respond to the novel coronavirus.
2022
- The Capital Times: Report: Pandemic triggers record spike in Wisconsin entrepreneurship
- The Capital Times: The parent trap: Making child care cheaper could help fix labor woes
2021
- WSJ: Remote Workers Can Live Anywhere. These Cities (and Small Towns) Are Luring Them With Perks
- WPR: Pandemic Inflation Trends Put Wisconsin Businesses, Consumers Under Pressure
- MarketWatch: Opportunity in America starts with fixing the internet, says social investing pioneer
- Wisconsin State Journal: Digital divide: Health, education, prosperity depend on high-speed internet
- WPR: With Vaccinations Rising In Wisconsin, Are Small Businesses Preparing To Ramp Back Up?
- Midwest Farm Report Radio Network: Midwest Farm Report
- WPR: DWD Hopes To Start Paying New $300 Unemployment Supplement In `Next Few Weeks’
2020
- WPR: `Erasure of 40 Years Of Progress’: How the Pandemic is Affecting Working Women in Wisconsin
- Wisconsin State Journal: Workforce equality could take step back as mothers balance work and child care
- WPR: Unemployment Rates Drop In All 72 Counties In Wisconsin
- WPR: As They Reopen, Small Retailers Grapple With New Expenses, Uncertainty
- WPR: Then & Now: The Economic Fallout Of The 1918 Flu Epidemic And The Novel Coronavirus
- Spectrum News 1: Optimistic 2020 outlook for farmers after rough 2019
- Country Today: Food processing, entrepreneurship opportunities predicted in 2020
2019
- Reuters: Factory woes grip swing states that flipped for Trump in 2016
- WPR: Is Wisconsin’s Economy Competitive?
- Wisconsin State Journal: Tom Still: Rural economic challenges call for mix of solutions
- WPR: The Link Between Childcare and Wisconsin’s Economy
2018
- Kenosha News: UW-Extension: Kenosha Startup Week
- The Isthmus: Start Me Up
- Country Today: State’s rural-urban divide runs deep
- WPR: Study Finds Entrepreneurship Is Stronger In Rural Areas
2016
- Wisconsin Public Radio: New Study Looks at Jobs And Economic Growth in Wisconsin
- Journal Sentinel: State Economy Faces Trouble, UW Researchers Say
- The Isthmus: What Would Tommy Do?
- Journal Sentinel: State continues to lag in venture capital
- Wisconsin Public Radio: Where are Wisconsin’s New Jobs Coming From?
- The Cap Times: Plain Talk: With big money talking, startups don’t get their due
- The Badger Herald: Students join booming UW startup scene, talk about small businesses’ roles in Wisconsin Economy
- Urban Milwaukee: State is Biased Against Newer Businesses
- Journal Sentinel: Start-up companies are fueling new jobs in Wisconsin
- The Cap Times: UW study: Startups driving job growth, but policies favor big business
- Journal Sentinel: Wisconsin lags in growth of women-owned businesses
2015
- Wisconsin Public Radio: Where are Wisconsin’s Women Business Leaders?
- Milwaukee Business Journal: UW study: women-owned businesses provide growth opportunity for Wisconsin
Tessa Conroy 