For this edition of Forecast Direct, UCLA Anderson Forecast director Jerry Nickelsburg has a conversation with Emil Verner, Assistant Professor of Finance at MIT Sloan on whether pandemics or public health interventions depress the economy.
 
Summary of the conversation and full video are available <a href='https://www.anderson.ucla.edu/about/centers/ucla-anderson-forecast/research-and-reports/forecast-direct-podcast/'>here</a>:

Ep. 9 - Streets of Gold

We introduce our monthly Forecast Direct series as a podcast/video. Every month, we bring in guest speakers who bring their unique insight on topics affecting the US and California economies.