Also, the shame of Wisconsin, and Wells Fargo’s pandemic lobbying. This is The COVID-19 Daily Report for April 7, 2020.
coronavirus
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Trump’s War on Veterans
How inaction, incompetence, and political aggression inflicted upon the VA an unprecedented vacancy crisis ahead of a global health pandemic
Posted inCoronavirus
Americans Must Protest Trump—but How?
Storming Trump’s Bastille will take some work-arounds.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Donald Trump Has a Bridge to Sell You
His proposed public-infrastructure plan is, of course, a fraud. Democrats beware.
Posted inCoronavirus
The Return of the Breadline
In the 1930s, Americans lined up on sidewalks for food. Today, they’re lining up on the roads.
Posted inCoronavirus
Unsanitized: Gunfight at the Supply Chain Corral
Also, how government works in Switzerland, and testimony from an unemployed worker. This is The COVID-19 Daily Report for April 6, 2020.
Posted inEconomic Policy
How the Corona Crisis Liberated Massive Public Spending: A Prospect Roundtable
Five distinguished economists comment on the role of deficits and debts in preventing a depression.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Deficit Lessons for the Pandemic From the 2008 Crisis
This is part of our economists roundtable on the corona crisis. Economics is sometimes defined as the science of scarcity. If resources are scarce, it would seem, a country can’t print money, give it to someone, without consequences: There will be inflation, and those receiving the money will get resources at the expense of others. […]
Posted inCoronavirus
Viktor Orban’s Viral Authoritarianism
The public-health crisis is real—and is being used to further legitimize authoritarianism in Hungary.
