Why New Infrastructure Is a National Imperative
Time to do something about America’s creaky infrastructure.
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COVID-19 in Mauritius and Other Tourist Paradises: A Progress Report
Mauritius coped well with Covid-19 despite its tiny size and the importance of tourism.
Read more...Death, Suicides, And The Pandemic Economy
The data on suicides and economic distress is more muddy than you’d expect.
Read more...Heiner Flassbeck: The Euro Arrangement Is Faulty
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.
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 5/28/2020
COVID, charted globally ~ Biden to reach youth vote through financial planning seminar ~ Biden sharts (!) ~ Klobuchar’s karma ~ Trump and seniors ~ Peter Strzok’s wild memo ~ Manufacturing, housing, GDP, retail ~ Carbon as a cash crop ~ Remdesivir hype ~ Ulysses S. Grant ~ Skateboarding
Read more...Yes, You Can Drink the Water: Clean and Safe Public Water Supplies. Microplastics, A Plea for a Modest Post Coronavirus Priority
Leaders of countries should consider what they must do to ensure we can drink the water in a world after we have learned to cope with coronavirus.
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U.S. Declares a Vaccine War on the World
The U.S. fumbled its coronavirus response. Its intent to hoard vaccine profits only isolates it from other countries working on remedies.
Read more...COVID-19 Cases and Deaths Surge: The Impact of Wisconsin’s In-Person Primary Vote
Yves here. Correlation is not causation, but the Wisconsin primary looks to have ushered in more Covid-19 infections. By Phillip Alvelda. Originally published at the Institute for New Economic Thinking website The world is on edge at the prospect of a resurgent wave of infections. Models and speculation are rife, but facts remain scarce, which […]
Read more...5 Ways to Make Voting Easier for Everyone in America—Even in a Pandemic
Not surprisingly, unfriendly voting methods have a lot to do with the US having the lowest turnout rates among developed countries.
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What Are the Three Concurrent Crises of the Coronavirus Depression?
Past theories of crises and why they matter now.
Read more...How Covid-19 is Creating a Social-Distancing Version of War
Covid-19 meets the US military and the Pentagon yields.
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 5/26/2020
COVID Blue v. Red ~ COVID v. “the economy” ~ Biden emerges ~ Biden dream team ~ Trump’s prospects (and luck) ~ A V-shaped recovery? ~ Mr. Market is happy ~ Leading indicators, manufacturing, housing ~ Soil ~ Masks and shields ~ George Floyd ~ Johns Hopkins debacloe
Read more...Study: Hunters Kill Birds During Their Annual Migrations Through the East Asian-Australasian Flyway
Study: hunters slaughter birds as the undertake their annual migrations in chokepoints along the East Asian-Australasian Flyway.
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