Central Banks Must Address Pandemic Challenges
Central banks in developing countries must use monetary policy to enhance fiscal space and support relief, recovery and transformation.
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Obama Wants His Private Presidential Center on Public Land—and Mainstream Media Is Looking the Other Way
Obama gets yet another undeserved free pass, this time over his Presidential library.
Read more...Often Overlooked, New Building Codes Could Buffer Climate Change
Yves here. It’s nice to see a discussion of a concrete measure (pun not intended) to slow climate change. We need way more approaches that can be executed at a local level. By Emma Foehringer Merchant. Originally published at Undark On September 9, 2020, California Energy Commission Chair David Hochschild opened a scheduled meeting with […]
Read more...Sloppy Pfizer Booster Clinical Trial Consent Form Provides Way to Exclude Reactions That Require Emergency Care
The Pfizer consent form for a clinical of its booster shot is troubling from a participants and public health persepctive.
Read more...Long Drives, Air Travel, Exhausting Waits: What Abortion Requires in the South
Feminists failed to press for abortion laws when they had political winds at their backs. Women in Flyover are already paying for this lapse.
Read more...‘The Economist’ Notices the Climate
A prominent example of Serious People giving lip service to the disastrous consequences of climate change, with no urgent call to action.
Read more...If Obama’s “Pandemic Playbook” Was So Great, Why Isn’t Biden Following It?
Bullet points and tables can’t compensate for years of disinvestment.
Read more...It’s Time for a New International Space Treaty
With satellite traffic increasing and space tourism set to take off, the laws governing space are due for an overhaul.
Read more...The Moral Hazard of Limited Liability
Some concrete ideas for how to pin the tail of the limited liability donkey back on key insiders, and make regulators accountable.
Read more...Confessions of a New York Times Washington Correspondent – Bob Smith Pt 2/2
Bob Smith got the Watergate break-in leak before the Washington Post. But the New York Times, then as now, avoids tough political stories.
Read more...Congress Moves to Reclaim Its War Powers
Congress has roused itself from its stupor over our undeclared, or more accurately, unapproved wars. But will much change?
Read more...Is the UK Back in Lockdown?
Another theory about the apparent decline in UK Covid cases right after Freedom Day.
Read more...Hoisted from Comments: What Climate Change Reformers Get Wrong
Climate change activists too often wind up bypassing core issues. Here are a couple of them.
Read more...Industrial Policy Coming Into Vogue After China Cleans US Clock by Using It
Industrial policy is an idea whose time has arrived in DC. Too bad the thinking seems stuck in the fad-chashing phase.
Read more...Fed Up With Democrats, Thousands March to Demand Medicare for All
More voters recognize that the Democrats will do squat about expanded health coverage like Medicare for All unless they feel some heat
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