Plus, the post office tries to stick up states. This is The COVID-19 Daily Report for August 7, 2020.
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Unsanitized: State Unemployment Systems Need to Be Federalized and Overhauled
California’s experience serves as a good example. This is The COVID-19 Daily Report for August 1, 2020.
Posted inPolitics
An Open Letter to Joe Biden
Two descendants of the architects of the New Deal ask the potential incoming president to be bolder than FDR on jobs.
Posted inEconomic Policy
‘Find Something New’
The perennial and bogus claims of a skills gap are the Trump administration’s latest alibi for high unemployment.
Posted inCoronavirus
Unsanitized: 1937 Revisited
America prematurely pulled back on federal relief then. We’re planning to do so again. This is The COVID-19 Daily Report for July 20, 2020.
Posted inCoronavirus
Unsanitized: Just One Week to Stop a Calamity
Also, why a bridge to a vaccine hasn’t been constructed. This is The COVID-19 Daily Report for July 11, 2020.
Posted inCoronavirus
Unsanitized: Jobs Reports Struggle to Catch Up to Today’s Reality
Plus, the case count/death count divergence at the state level. This is The COVID-19 Daily Report for July 2, 2020.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Controlling the Viral Spread of Unemployment With a Job Guarantee
Job loss is an epidemic, and the federal government has the cure.
Posted inCoronavirus
The True Financial Pulse of America’s Families
The Census Bureau’s Household Pulse Survey reveals the depths of the coronavirus economic crisis.
