The writer is a senior fellow at Harvard Kennedy School
Fuelled by fiscal and monetary stimulus, the US economy has bounced back. Output in the second quarter of 2021 exceeded its pre-pandemic level for the first time since Covid-19 struck. The labour market, however, has been slower to recover.
There are a number of plausible explanations, but one isn’t getting enough attention: brain health. Boosting the nation’s mental state might bring workers back faster, while at the same time helping people retool for the new economy and unlocking higher productivity growth.
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