Rhetorically he’s right: slice up the money cannon and give it to people. This is The COVID-19 Daily Report for November 20, 2020.
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Republican Coronavirus Nonchalance May Have Cost Them a Key Appointment
Two missing senators leaves Judy Shelton, a hard-right nominee for the Federal Reserve, short of votes.
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Leading From the Left
What Joe Biden can learn from Elizabeth Warren and Bharat Ramamurti
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Unsanitized: Slice the Money Cannon Into Money for the People
Plus, can vaccinated people still spread the virus? This is The COVID-19 Daily Report for November 12, 2020.
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Biden’s First Appointees Are a Mixed Bag
The transition’s agency review teams look good for financial regulation; they look bad for the agency that controls practically all regulations.
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How Do You Spell Fiscal Relief?
Now that Mitch McConnell has blocked corona aid, it’s time for the Fed to step into the breach—and for its one Democratic governor, Lael Brainard, to lead the charge.
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Unsanitized: The Pandemic Prop-Up of Fossil Fuel Companies
Plus, 60,000 jobs at the whim of a lobbying effort. This is The COVID-19 Daily Report for October 1, 2020.
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Unsanitized: How the Muni Bond Market Is Preventing Economic Recovery
The role of Wall Street financiers in forcing austerity on state and local governments. This is The COVID-19 Daily Report for September 25, 2020.
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Liberalish: The Complex Odyssey of Lael Brainard
Biden’s leading choice for Treasury secretary is somewhat more liberal than she used to be. Is that enough?
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Unsanitized: The Fed’s Policy Choices and Our Maldistributed Recovery
And a moment of Zen for misuse of research. This is The COVID-19 Daily Report for September 18, 2020.