The Fed’s new policy strategy of average inflation targeting is an unambiguously a positive step, but may not – under all circumstances – subscribe to a sufficiently aggressive make-up strategy when the zero lower bound is binding.
Read more...New York begins to enforce its ban on single-use plastic bags, delayed since March by the pandemic and various lawsuits.
Read more...Countries throughout Africa, like India, are recording lower rates of COVID-19 deaths. The authors examine reasons for this phenomenon.
Read more...Can exhortation from the PMC make contact tracing a success?
Read more...The pandemic has caused global food security to wobble. Meanwhile, a recent paper shows most rural indians continue to be underfed.
Read more...As cases of COVID-19 spike yet again in the US and Europe, what public health measures have successfully stemmed the pandemic’s spread?
Read more...Europe and the USA succumb to pandemic fatigue. Vigilance is the only known counter to spread of the virus. Practice small pleasures.
Read more...Are repetitive short lockdowns a viable way to tame Covid-19?
Read more...Will Johnson pull the Brexit plug today, or decide to fight another day?
Read more...The record of pandemics past shows that only devastating mortality rates reduce inequality.
Read more...College enrollments fall, consistent with predictions that Covid would hit them hard.
Read more...Poor oil price prospects may lead to another race to the bottom.
Read more...WTO rulings on tit-for-tat aircraft manufacturer disputes look likely to produce dueling tariffs at least in the near term.
Read more...Looking at what the George Floyd and later Black Lives Matter protests over the summer did right.
Read more...Despite a miracle COVID-19 cure Trump attributes to state-of-the-art drugs, Big Pharma sends its donations to Biden’s campaign.
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