JONATHAN D. OSTRY

JONATHAN D OSTRY is professor of the practice of economics at Georgetown University and the former acting director of the IMF’s Asia and Pacific department.

Health

Jonathan Ostry on How Pandemics Widen the Gap

JONATHAN D. OSTRY May 18, 2020

While rich and poor are equally vulnerable to the debilitating physical effects of the coronavirus, economist Jonathan Ostry says the economic and social impact of the pandemic is much less equal.

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