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CSFE’s new study on Paramedics and the Pandemic
EMT's and paramedics have taken on profoundly new and different roles since the pandemic. Unlike singular and localized events, COVID-19 presented new challenges to Emergency Medical Services professionals. In response, these EMS professionals have upgraded their...
A Different Kind of Disaster Response: Emergency Medical Services and the COVID-19 Pandemic
A Different Kind of Disaster Response: Emergency Medical Services and the COVID-19 Pandemic Jackson D. Déziel Western Carolina UniversityClick the Button Below to Download a PDF Version of this Issue BriefExecutive Summary Emergency medical services (EMS)...
North Carolina’s Prospects for COVID-19 Economic Recovery: A Top-Down and Bottom-Up Assessment
North Carolina’s Prospects for COVID-19 Economic Recovery: Top-down and Bottom-up Assessments Emma Blair Fedison and Edward J. Lopez Click the Button Below to Download a PDF Version of this Issue Brief Executive Summary What are North Carolina’s prospects for making a...
CSFE’s new study on North Carolina’s prospects for COVID-19 economic recovery
We're happy to release our new study on North Carolina's prospects for Covid-19 economic recovery. A story in Monday's Wall Street Journal outlines some of the ways in which Covid-19 economic recovery will be a long-term process. Globally, economic growth is forecast...
Meet Dr. Inhyuck “Steve” Ha
Happy New Year from all of us at the CSFE community, we hope you had a happy and safe holiday season. Earlier in 2020, we began our spotlight series on our 2020-21 Faculty Affiliates, and today we would like to highlight Dr. Inhyuck “Steve” Ha. Steve is a Professor of...
Free Enterprise and the Importance of Social Cooperation
This week, I had a short essay published under the title, "I, Vaccine: How to Appreciate the Beautifully Simple". In the short piece, I recognize that vaccines are public goods in production and consumption, but mostly I draw attention to the role of globalized...
Meet Martin Tanaka
Continuing with our spotlight of our 2020-21 Faculty Affiliates, we want to highlight one of our affiliates, Martin Tanaka, and his exciting work. Martin is an Associate Professor in the School of Engineering and Technology at WCU, who is interested in applying...
Meet Audrey Redford
Early in November, CSFE announced our 2020-21 Faculty Affiliates and our plan to spotlight each one of them and their exciting research. Today, we want to highlight one of our affiliates, Audrey Redford. Audrey is an Assistant Professor of Economics in the College of...
Meet Craig Richardson
Here at CSFE, we hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving holiday. Earlier last week, CSFE Content Marketing Specialist, Allie Todd, talked with Craig Richardson. As Director of the Center for the Study of Economic Mobility (CSEM) and the BB&T Distinguished...
Advisory Board meeting set for Wednesday December 09
CSFE's Advisory Board will hold its Fall 2020 meeting virtually on December 9, 2:00-3:30 p.m. As a university center in the UNC System, CSFE is governed by University of North Carolina Policy 400.5[R] and by the Center's bylaws which were adopted in 2017. The Advisory...