With the outbreak of COVID-19 happening all over the world, these past few weeks have changed our lives in a multitude of ways. In-person events and group gatherings have been cancelled or postponed in the interest of public safety, but that doesn't mean that your education or connection to Indiana University has to suffer.

For the past four years, the College of Arts and Sciences' Food for Thought series has hosted many lifelong-learning events around the country, and in the midst of the global pandemic we're converting that series into a free, online format. Read about our May 27 event below.

RSVP for the livestream via the form below. The day of the presentation, you'll receive an e-mail reminder about the event, which will be hosted via Zoom.

The livestream is open to anyone who registers, and visitors can RSVP anytime until the end of the event. We hope that you can join us!

“COVID-19 and the Economy” | COVID-19 is exacting a heavy toll across the globe, both in terms of lives lost and in terms of severely adverse economic outcomes. This panel will assess how COVID-19 has impacted the US economy. It will evaluate advantages and disadvantages of various policy approaches to COVID-19, with particular attention paid to financing mechanism of government policies.

Moderator biography | Gerhard Glomm is chair of the IU Department of Economics. His research and teaching interests include macroeconomics, economic growth, income distribution, and political economy. He’s published papers in the European Economic Review, the International Economic Review, the Journal of Development Economics, and the Economics of Education Review, among many others, and he holds a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Minnesota.