Resurrected Politically, Lula Goes After Bolsonaro’s ‘Moronic’ Handling of Covid-19 Pandemic
A Brazilian court this week rehabilitated former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, clearing the way for a 2022 presidential bid.
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Wolf Richter: Signs Are Everywhere: Businesses Have Changed Permanently as a Result of the Pandemic
The pandemic has caused many shifts in how businesses operate: permanent and many are positives and should have happened a long time ago.
Read more...California Wildfire Smoke Harms Respiratory Health More than Fine Particulates from Any Other Source, Including Vehicle Emissions
Wildfire smoke is more toxic than other sources of fine particles – a worry for COVID survivors.
Read more...‘We Must Deliver on This Issue’: Jayapal Vows to Fight for $15 Minimum Wage
The Congressional Progressive Caucus chair said that despite the Senate failing to include the wage boost in the relief bill, the fight for $15 must go on.
Read more...Yes, Export Bans on Vaccines Are a Problem, But Why Is the Supply of Vaccines so Limited in the First Place?
Italy has blocked vaccine exports to Australia, which now must reconsider its opposition to proposed global solutions to unblock supply.
Read more...The Jobs Recovery, Compared to the “Good Times” Trend
February confirms: V-shaped jobs recovery petered out in October about two-thirds into it.
Read more...Economists’ Rx: “Sick? Stay Home!”
Economists endorse sick day mandates. Pass the word.
Read more...Covid Deranges the Immune System in Complex and Deadly Ways
The more experts look at Covid, the more they seem to come up with new questions rather than answers.
Read more...Covid Baby Bust Has Governments Rattled
A falloff in baby production has capitalists very worried.
Read more...Bad Stimulus: Government Payments to Individuals Are a Terrible Way to Solve America’s Structural Economic Problems
Why the Biden stimulus program is fundamentally wrongheaded.
Read more...How the NATO Alliance Is Fighting Russia’s Sputnik V Vaccine With Subsidies From State Budgets and the Gates Foundation, Hidden by bhe Financial Times
The Financial Times runs dodgy numbers to claim that Russia is vaccine price gouging to poor countries, when that’s Big Pharma’s gig.
Read more...A Big Fiscal Push is Urgent, The Risk of Overheating Is Small
The $1.9 trillion fiscal stimulus should be large because the need is large.
Read more...How Does the Johnson & Johnson Vaccine Compare to Other Coronavirus Vaccines? 4 Questions Answered
Why the Johnson & Johnson vaccine should be seen as a contender.
Read more...Eviction Moratorium Deemed Unconstitutional by Federal Judge in Texas
The Trump and Biden stimulus on the cheap, of having landlords support income-starved renters in lieu of subsidies, is now in trouble.
Read more...Why Black and Hispanic Small-Business Owners Have Been So Badly Hit in the Pandemic Recession
Another setback for minority communities: their business owners have taken disproportionate hits in the pandemic.
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