Experts in the News

"A lot of projections are saying that this is not a one-off thing. We're going to be dealing with this virus ... for at least a couple of years," said fellow Peter Hotez on the possibility of Covid-19 becoming a recurring problem.

"It is such an unfamiliar place for us to be. We haven’t seen the U.S. cutting production since the early 1970s,” said energy fellow Jim Krane about the plunge in oil prices and the pressure to limit the amount of U.S. crude flowing into global markets.

Current gloom notwithstanding, oil will likely remain the world’s most important energy resource for multiple decades, says energy fellow Gabriel Collins. Baker Institute blog: https://bit.ly/34fV3d1 via Forbes.

With international borders closed, governments around the world should allow unemployed migrants to remain in their countries and give them “the option to search for a new job and transfer their visa if and when the spread of the virus has slowed and quarantine measures are lifted,” said fellow Kelsey Norman of the impact on migrants and refugees of coronavirus mobility restrictions.

With shale, “the assets don’t go away because you haven’t destroyed the field,” said Ken Medlock, senior director of the Center for Energy Studies. “We’ll see a thinning of the herd but the assets will still be there.”