Bailout Shenanigans: Making 2008 Look Good?
The bailout bill looks shameless, even by Trump Administration standards.
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Covid-19: A Tale of Three Regions
An epidemiloigist looks at Covid-19 data.
Read more...Links 3/21/2020
NYU Preparing for Possible Use of Dorms as Field Hospitals
Contingency planning for emergency hospitals.
Read more...UN Chief Warns of Coming Recession for the Planet
The UN feels compelled to weigh in on the less-than-sunny economic outlook.
Read more...The Pros and Cons of Planting Trees To Address Global Warming
Why planting more trees is not a climate change magic bullet.
Read more...How McKinsey Got Greedy
How McKinsey put money over its once vaunted firm values.
Read more...Why the Coronavirus Pandemic Could Weaken the School Privatization Agenda
Coronavirus-generated suspensions of testing throws a monkey wrench into the charter school agenda.
Read more...Low-Cost Ventilators Could Be Available Next Year. But Will It Happen?
Will the US get serious about getting more ventilators?
Read more...Links 3/19/2020
A View From The Front Lines Of California’s COVID-19 Battle
California braces for the COVID-19 storm.
Read more...The Coming Fiscal Crisis Of State And Local Governments
State and local governments will soon be in a world of hurt.
Read more...IMF Refuses Aid to Venezuela in the Midst of the Coronavirus Crisis
The IMF dons its enforcement brass knuckles.
Read more...Why Sending $1,000 Checks to Everyone Won’t Solve the Coronavirus Crisis (Updated)
Why the Republicans’ planned coronavirus bazooka isn’t big enough.
Read more...Debt and Financial Crises: Will History Repeat Itself?
Unhappy families may all be different, but financial crises are pretty much the same, rooted in debt overhangs, and one has been brewing.
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