Low-Cost Ventilators Could Be Available Next Year. But Will It Happen?
Will the US get serious about getting more ventilators?
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Prisons and the COVID-19 Pandemic: What Must Be Done NOW to Prevent Catastrophe
Interview with prison expert Michele Deitch about what can be done to reduce the impact of COVID-19 in prisons: NOW!
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...There’s Nothing So Political as a Pandemic
a line has been drawn around political process, cameras have been pointed at it, and we’ve been taught that it’s something for us to watch from afar, a hobby to buy into, or not.
Read more...Closing Polling Places Is the 21st Century’s Version of a Poll Tax
Voter disenfranchisement via shuttering polling sites.
Read more...Coronavirus Means Zero Hour for the European Union
Germany’s long-standing practice of muscling the European Union to serve its own ends now risks dissolution and a banking system crisis.
Read more...Brexit: The ‘Australian Option’?
Boris Johnson fancies that the UK’s future lies with the US. Good luck with that.
Read more...Why Sanctions Against Iran and Venezuela During a Pandemic Are Cruel
A moral and practical case against continuing economic sanctions during the coronavirus pandemic.
Read more...Live Blog: Democrat Presidential Primary Debate #13 in Washington, DC
By Lambert Strether of Corrente. Time: 8:00PM-10:00PM ET Place: CNN’s studio in Washington, DC Hosts: CNN, CNN en Español, CNN International, and Univision Moderators: CNN’s Dana Bash and Jake Tapper; Univision’s Ilia Calderón. Candidate line-up: Joe Biden (former Vice President) Bernie Sanders (Senator from Vermont) (I can’t find which candidate will be on the right […]
Read more...After Bloody Day, Coronavirus Meltdown Continues. Big Danger: Italian and Eurobanks Are Set To Blow
So many coronavirus panics that a looming risk is getting little notice: implosion of Italy’s banks, a potential Credit Anstalt event.
Read more...MMT is a Political Problem: Part 1
How should MMT proponents advance their views?
Read more...Coronavirus Reveals the Cracks in Globalization
Coronavirus risks a series of shortages that can be mitigated only by bringing some production back home.
Read more...Will Biden’s Trade Policy Record Come Back to Haunt Him in Midwest?
Sanders seeks to make Biden pay for his trade record in Tuesday’s Michigan primary. Idaho, Mississippi, Missouri, North Dakota, and Washington also hold primaries on the same day.
Read more...Mr. Market Loses It Over Coronavirus Risk: Oil Tanks, S&P Futures Trades Halted on Limit Down Overnight, Gold Jumps
Coronavirus infects Mr. Market.
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