By Robert Pollin, Jeannette Wicks-Lim, Shouvik Chakraborty, and Gregor Semieniuk - Political Economy Research Institute, October 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has generated severe public health and economic impacts in Ohio, as with most everywhere else in the United States. This study proposes a recovery program for Ohio that is capable of exerting an effective counterforce against the state’s economic collapse in the short run while also building a durable foundation for an economically viable and ecologically sustainable longer-term recovery. Even under current pandemic conditions, we cannot forget that we have truly limited time to take decisive action around climate change. As we show, a robust climate stabilization project for Ohio will also serve as a major engine of economic recovery and expanding opportunities throughout the state.
The study is divided into five parts:
- Pandemic, Economic Collapse, and Conditions for Reopening Ohio
- Clean Energy Investments, Job Creation and Just Transition
- Investment Programs for Manufacturing, Infrastructure, Land Restoration and Agriculture
- Total Job Creation in Ohio through Combined Investments
- Financing a Fair and Sustainable Recovery Program