Compilation of footage of police response to protests in various U.S. cities over police brutality and the killing of George Floyd, plus Amnesty International condemnation.
Read more...The news on the EU and UK fronts is less than promising. It looks good only compared to rampaging cops on this side of the pond.
Read more...Most people are not neurotic enough to maintain disiplines like social distancing over long periods of time.
Read more...The pace of the wasteful fashion industry will slow as we learn to cope with COVID-19. Will sustainability become more than a buzzword?
Read more...This is part 7 of my ongoing coverage of the Federal Reserve’s Coronavirus actions.
Read more...Data on media bias in covering protes
Read more...Time to do something about America’s creaky infrastructure.
Read more...COVID charts of Southeast Asia ~ Biden leaves basement ~ Klobuchar veepstakes ~ Briahna Joy Gray ~ Pollsters ~ Manufacturing, personal income, consumer sentiment ~ Hydroxychloroquine ~ SIR models ~ Cannabis in ancient Isreael ~ Minneapolis “thugs”; mystery man with umbrella ~ Monet
Read more...Mauritius coped well with Covid-19 despite its tiny size and the importance of tourism.
Read more...The data on suicides and economic distress is more muddy than you’d expect.
Read more...Uber behaves badly yet again.
Read more...Heiner Flassbeck shows it defies macroeconomic logic to promote surpluses for Germany, prohibit government deficits everywhere else and forbid the central bank from acting as the central bank of each Euro member.
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