Columbia University's Center on Poverty and Social Policy, The Hamilton Project at Brookings, and the Russell Sage Foundation hosted an event to discuss the policy takeaways from the COVID-19 pandemic for reducing poverty and promoting economic well-being moving forward. 

Zachary Parolin presented his new book, Poverty in the Pandemic: Policy Lessons from COVID-19, followed by a discussion moderated by Jason DeParle of The New York Times. Wendy Edelberg, The Hamilton Project at Brookings, Bradley Hardy, Georgetown University, and Zachary Parolin, Bocconi University, discussed the challenges faced by low-income households during COVID-19, how the federal government achieved a record-low poverty rate in 2020 and again in 2021, and what lessons ought to be carried forward from those experiences.

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Program

Welcome Address:

Christopher Wimer, Center on Poverty and Social Policy, Columbia University

Sheldon Danziger, Russell Sage Foundation

Presentation of “Poverty in the Pandemic”:

Zachary Parolin, author, Bocconi University, Italy

Moderator:

Jason DeParle, The New York Times

Discussion of Policy Lessons:

Wendy Edelberg, The Hamilton Project at Brookings

Bradley Hardy, Georgetown University

This event will take place virtually on Zoom and conclude at 2:30 PM

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