Economic consequences
The lockdown has very rapidly triggered an economic recession. How do we sustain those sectors that are being hit hardest? How do we decide which businesses qualify for emergency government support? Has the time come to fundamentally reconsider the labor market? What does the crisis mean for European collaboration? How can the banks survive the crisis?
Tilburg University joins the quest for answers
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Lucas Mahieux
AccountingHow can banks survive the corona crisis?
The current crisis will also be felt by the banks, the main lenders of funds to businesses and households. What will help the banks to weather the storm is improved coordination between the regulatory authorities and the agencies that set the accounting standards, and this in turn will benefit the global economy. So Mahieux observes in his blog 'Bank loss provisioning rules: a convenient scapegoat in the Covid-19 crisis? - April 16, 2020
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Irmgard Borghouts
Social securityHow does one retrain after job loss due to COVID-19?
If you have to provide for a family and pay a mortgage, you will think twice before you retrain as a nurse or a teacher, says Irmgard Borghouts in de Volkskrant of 31 July (in Dutch). “You have to be extremely motivated, even passionate, to make such a move a success.”
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Ton Wilthagen
Labor marketHow can we help the flexible workforce who lost their jobs?
"Besides the corona virus we have to deal with an unemployment virus which also demands difficult choices. That debate is just as difficult," says Ton Wilthagen at BNR Nieuwsradio (in Dutch) after the announcement that the Dutch GDP has shrunk by 8.5% - 14 August
Background
Introduction to e-commerce concepts
More and more companies are offering their products and services online, especially now in this crisis. In this lecture Kenny Meesters gives an introduction in e-commerce concepts.
