THE FUTURE OF JOBS AND OPPORTUNITY

Disparities in Real Time

Wenjie Chen

Online job posting analysis shows the extent of the pandemic's damage, especially to women and youth

The Long Shadow of an Unlucky Start

Hannes Schwandt and Till von Wachter

Youth who graduate in a crisis will be profoundly affected and may never fully recover

Distribution Matters

Binyamin Appelbaum

Economics can’t avoid distributional
issues—It must make room for insights from other disciplines

Rethinking the World of Work

Sabina Dewan and Ekkehard Ernst

The pandemic is accelerating a shift toward more informal and precarious
work

The Jobs of Tomorrow

Saadia Zahidi

Some jobs will disappear and others will emerge as the world faces a dual disruption

How to Make America More Equal

Heather Boushey

A leading progressive economist proposes steps to transform the US economy at this critical juncture

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

Wish You Were Here

Adam Behsudi

Tourism-dependent economies are among those harmed the most by the pandemic

Rescuing Their Inheritance

Hamad AlMahmeed, Ashleigh Streeter-Jones, David Walcott, and Tiffany Yu

Youth can drive society’s response to the COVID-19 crisis, even as they keenly feel its effects

Shaping a Data Economy

Murat Sonmez

The world needs a new system of governance for the buying and selling of data

Rebuilding Worker Power

Lawrence Mishel

Systematic erosion of workers’ power relative to their employers has suppressed US wages

The Secret Work of Elephants

Ralph Chami, Connel Fullenkamp, Thomas Cosimano, and Fabio Berzaghi

African forest elephants fight climate change by contributing to natural carbon capture

Editor's Letter

Window for Change

Gita Bhatt

In the deepest crises are born great opportunities. This is such a moment—a window for radical change, not to be squandered.

In the Trenches

Cracking Down on Corruption

Rahim Kanani

The EU’s first anti-fraud prosecutor reflects on the challenges of tackling transnational crime

Picture This

Uncertain Age

Melinda Weir

The pandemic is taking a toll on young people

Back to Basics

What Is the Informal Economy?

Corinne Deléchat and Leandro Medina

Having fewer workers outside the formal economy can support sustainable development

Book Reviews

Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men, Caroline Criado Perez

Boom and Bust: A Global History of Financial Bubbles, William Quinn and John Turner

Making a Modern Central Bank: The Bank of England 1979–2003 , Harold James