Plus, government-run pandemic insurance. This is The COVID-19 Daily Report for May 22, 2020.
Supply Chain
Posted inEconomic Policy
Monopolies in Meat: Endangering Workers, Farmers, and Consumers
Deregulation has led to Big Ag’s giant slaughterhouses, where COVID-19 is rampant and the supply chain grinds to a halt.
Posted inCoronavirus
Coronavirus Has Broken America’s Food Supply
Because commercial and consumer supply chains are different and cannot easily be transferred, enormous amounts of food are going to waste—and it could get worse.
Posted inCoronavirus
Unsanitized: Katie Porter Talks Supply Chains and Bailouts
Also, the demographic tragedy of the crisis, and Wells Fargo’s lobbying succeeds, sort of. This is The COVID-19 Daily Report for April 9, 2020.
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
The Deeper Source of Grocery Panic
How COVID-19 exposes the flaws in industrial agriculture—and invites reforms
Posted inCoronavirus
Watch: Concentrated Power and Coronavirus
The Prospect and American Economic Liberties Project host a conversation with Rep. Mark Pocan
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 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 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.