The goal of this piece is to survey the developing and rapidly growing literature on the
economic consequences of COVID‐19 and the governmental responses, and to synthetize …

The COVID-19 pandemic is the most difficult challenge that has affected humanity in recent
decades. It has disrupted many features of development with domino effects in the social …

While degraded trust and cohesion within a country are often shown to have large socio-
economic impacts, they can also have dramatic consequences when compliance is required …

We synthesize the literature on the recent rise of populism. First, we discuss definitions and
present descriptive evidence on the recent increase in support for populists. Second, we …

Background Italy's severe COVID-19 outbreak was addressed by a lockdown that gradually
increased in space, time and intensity. The effectiveness of the lockdown has not been …

Growing evidence suggests that outbreaks such as the COVID-19 pandemic are better
handled in places where social capital is high. Less clear, however, are the channels …

By any standard, 2022 was a year of crises, including the continuing COVID-19 pandemic,
war in Ukraine, worldwide inflation, and a range of local and global climate emergencies …

This ninth World Happiness Report is unlike any that have come before. COVID-19 has
shaken, taken, and reshaped lives everywhere. In this chapter, our central purpose remains …

Why have the effects of COVID-19 been so unevenly geographically distributed in the United
States? This paper investigates the role of social capital as a mediating factor for the spread …

Abstract “Rugged individualism”—the combination of individualism and anti-statism—is a
prominent feature of American culture with deep roots in the country's history of frontier …