With Congress inert, the Fed can solve the economy’s biggest looming threat. This is The COVID-19 Daily Report for June 12, 2020.
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Unsanitized: The Case of the Missing Bailout Oversight Panel Chair
Looks like nobody wanted any oversight to begin with. This is The COVID-19 Daily Report for June 11, 2020.
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The Great American Pastime: Squeezing Workers
At all levels, baseball owners are using the COVID-19 crisis to force long-desired concessions on everyone involved with the sport.
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Unsanitized: Fighting the Virus With the Equivalent of Finger-Crossing
Plus, a Senate hearing on unemployment. This is The COVID-19 Daily Report for June 10, 2020.
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Meatpacking Workers at Risk
For weeks, large conglomerates ignored the threat of COVID-19. The new safety procedures they’ve finally instituted could be making things worse.
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Unsanitized: The Frozen-in-Time Senate
Plus, the bankruptcy stock buy. This is The COVID-19 Daily Report for June 9, 2020.
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Unsanitized: Arizona and the Multiple Curve Problem
Plus, Minneapolis rethinks policing. This is The COVID-19 Daily Report for June 8, 2020.
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We Need to Reopen Schools—but How?
While more than 20 European countries have reopened schools, America seems unable even to approach the problem rationally.
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Unsanitized: Chernobyl and Disaster Response
The Soviet state lied relentlessly, but they did solve the problem. Our pandemic response, by contrast, has faded away. This is The COVID-19 Daily Report for June 7, 2020.
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Unsanitized: No, Zoom Does Not Prove the Impotence of Big Tech
Google’s attempt to unseat the video conferencing upstart already provides evidence of monopolization. This is The COVID-19 Daily Report for June 6, 2020.
