Plus, government-run pandemic insurance. This is The COVID-19 Daily Report for May 22, 2020.
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Posted inTAP
A Growing, If Belated, Republican Discord
Today on TAP: The GOP’s love for laissez-faire is finally cooling
Posted inEconomic Policy
The Trade War Inside the Biden Campaign
Will Biden continue corporate globalism—or make American jobs and industry great again?
Posted inEconomic Policy
The Man Who Knew
An interview with Barry Lynn, whose prediction about the dangers of centralizing our manufacturing has sadly come true amid the coronavirus outbreak
Posted inEconomic Policy
How the Coronavirus Could Reignite a Lurking Debt Bomb
Many have called corporate debt the ‘next financial crisis.’ That never made much sense—until, just possibly, now.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Behind the Coronavirus Threat, a Middleman Destroying Prescription Drug Markets
Group purchasing organizations (GPOs) have driven many of the generic drug manufacturers out of business, and pushed those remaining to locate factories in China, ground zero for the epidemic.
Posted inTAP
A Viral Recession: Trump’s Just Desert
Today on TAP: The president will have to own the economic effects of the coronavirus outbreak
Posted inPolitics
Why Bloomberg Can’t Beat Trump
It’s hard to imagine a Democrat less able to win working-class votes.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
There Is No Small-Government Response to a Pandemic
Battling the coronavirus is challenging after years of deep cuts to outbreak prevention and response programs.
Posted inAmerica and the World
The Coronavirus Outbreak Is an Economic Red Flag
The world has given over much of its manufacturing supply chain to China. That has magnified vulnerability to a pandemic shock.
