Business in a Time of Crisis
Channel: New America
Date: 14/05/2020

The private sector is collaborating with governments to respond to COVID-19 in unprecedented ways, from vaccine and ventilator production to enforcing social distancing protocols. At the same moment, businesses themselves are on life support as they try to survive the economic downturn. This is a crucial moment to consider the role of the private sector during a time of crisis, from coronavirus to climate change and beyond.

Join us Tuesday, May 12 for less than an hour at 4:00 pm EDT to discuss the role of the private sector in times of crisis:

Featuring:

Rebecca Henderson, @RebeccaReCap
John and Natty McArthur University Professor at Harvard Business School
Research Fellow, National Bureau of Economic Research
Author of Reimagining Capitalism in a World on Fire

Sanjeev Khagram, @deankhagram
Dean and Director General, Thunderbird School of Global Management at Arizona State University

Jordan Weissmann, @JHWeissmann
Senior Business and Economics Correspondent, Slate

Join the conversation online using #SocialDistancingSocials and following @FutureTenseNow.

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