WGC  Webinar Series #1 - The COVID Economy: Where are we now and where might we be headed?
Channel: Missoula Community Foundation
Date: 17/06/2020

Summary: 
COVID-19 has had a significant impact on the local economy. In April 2020 Missoula's unemployment rate was 13.1%, increasing 10 percentage points in the last four months. In order to better understand the impacts of COVID-19 on our economy, we have invited Bryce Ward from ABJM Consulting to talk to us about what are those impacts and what we might see as the economy opens up.

Bio:
Dr. Bryce Ward

Dr. Bryce Ward is the founder of ABMJ Consulting and a research associate at the Rural Institute for Inclusive Communities at the University of Montana. He holds a PhD in economics from Harvard University and BAs in economics and history from the University of Oregon. He has expertise in urban and regional economics, labor economics, health economics, public finance, social economics, real estate economics, environmental and natural resource economics, and statistics/econometrics.

He taught classes at Harvard University, Lewis and Clark College, the University of Oregon, and Portland State University. He has published dozens of scholarly articles and economic reports, and has provided expert testimony in dozens of court cases and legislative proceedings. His research has been featured in numerous venues including the New York Times, the Associated Press, PBS NewsHour, NPR, and ProPublica.