04/17/2020
Today Jeffrey Tucker, American Institute for Economic Research Thinking back to February 28, 2020, and the New England Journal of Medicine. It published an article called “Covid-19 — Navigating the Uncharted” signed by Anthony S. Fauci (THE Fauci), Clifford Lane, and Robert R. Redfield. |
Paul Krugman, NYT Anti-government ideology is crippling pandemic policy. |
John Tamny, RCM A Republican businessman who's developed somewhat of a following in the post-2017 world recently blamed "the Chinese" for an economic contraction foisted on us by U.S. politicians. What's... |
Zachary Karabell, Foreign Affairs In the grip of the coronavirus pandemic, governments are spending with overwhelming force to stave off economic collapse |
Steve Trost, OSU When Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt announced on March 24 that he was issuing an order closing all non-essential businesses in 19 countie... |
Oliver Wiseman, City Journal The present crisis is a bracing reminder of the social value of free enterprise. |
Frederick Chen, Washington Examiner Several states, counties, and cities in the United States have gone into shutdown mode to slow down the spread of the novel coronavirus that has now infected over 1 million people worldwide. Amid reports that our healthcare capacity is inadequate to handle the surging number of cases, we also hear grumbling that the measures in place may have devastating long-run impact on the economy. |
Red Jahncke, The Hill The objective of the extraordinary stay-home measures was to 'flatten the curve' of infection, not to eliminate it. |
Jeffrey Snider, RealClearMarkets |
Michael Sincere, MarketWatch 7 rules for investing in a bear market |
Matt Egan, CNN Wall Street has experienced a breathtaking rebound from the coronavirus crisis lows -- one that reflects a belief among investors that the US economy will enjoy a swift recovery from this historic collapse. |
Grover Norquist, American Spectator Barack Obama's chief of staff famously explained that one should "never let a crisis go to waste." Heeding that advice, long-time proponents of government-controlled health care... |
Jeff Troutner, Equius Partners |
Daniel Kern & Renee Kwok, TFC |
Richard Moody, Regions Bank |
Allison Schrager, Manhattan Institute |
Brian Wesbury & Robert Stein, First Trust Advisors |
Reuven Brenner, Montreal Economic Institute The reason for the Spanish flu having had such a disastrous impact was that the two enemy coalitions fighting in WWI kept the information about the spreading flu secret. |
Richard Moody, Regions Bank |
Yoram Wind, Knowledge@Wharton The truth is that every crisis, while deeply unsettling, also contains the seeds of opportunity. |
Steven Phillips, The Hill Our current early-pandemic flatten-the-curve game plan will buy critical time. If we can now take on the virus in its own court, the endgame becomes winnable and insight. |
Richard Salsman, American Institute for Economic Research |
Jennifer Hiller & Liz Hampton, Reuters Texas oilman Mike Shellman has kept his MCA Petroleum Corp going for four decades, drilling wells through booms and busts and always selling his crude to U.S. oil refiners. |
Neil Irwin, MSN When big convulsive economic events happen, the implications tend to take years to play out, and spiral in unpredictable directions. |
Matt Egan, CNN Wall Street has experienced a breathtaking rebound from the coronavirus crisis lows -- one that reflects a belief among investors that the US economy will enjoy a swift recovery from this historic collapse. |
Rani Molla, Vox Coronavirus could close off open offices, buoy working from home, and transform coworking. |
ELLEN BARRY, The New York Times Asian countries have invested heavily in digital contact-tracing, which uses technology to warn people when they have been exposed to the coronavirus. Massachusetts is using an old-fashioned means: people. |
Claus Wiemann Frølund, FEE |
Editorial, New York Times From the census to the November election, the Postal Service is critical to American democracy. |
Jason Pye, The Hill The economic devastation caused by the coronavirus pandemic has l... |
Yuliya Panfil & Tim Robustelli, CNN Amid calls for social distancing and "shelter-in-place" orders, millions of Americans are now questioning how they will pay their rent or mortgage. |
Fisher Investments Editorial Staff, Fisher Investments |
Fisher Investments Editorial Staff, Fisher Investments |
Fisher Investments Editorial Staff, Fisher Investments |
Fisher Investments Editorial Staff, Fisher Investments |
John Cochrane, The Grumpy Economist Are we ready to reopen? No but not for the usual reason. Once we have testing we can reopen, says conventional wisdom. I doubt that. Who... |
Ed Yardeni, Dr. Ed's Blog We live in an age of future shocks. It wasn't too long ago that everyone seemed to be reaching for yield in the bond and stock markets. Act... |
James Picerno, The Capital Spectator The deep recession triggered by the coronavirus is the worst downturn since the Great Depression, but the hope is that the rebound will be equally swift and strong–a ‘V’ recovery. Unfortunately, the outlook for this best-case scenario is precarious. |
Alex Tabarrok, Marginal Revolution From the point of view of the non-elites, the elites with their models and data and projections have shut the economy down. |
Leanna Orr, Institutional Investor New research has linked cortisol and testosterone to behavioral biases in investors. |
Kaushik Basu, Project Syndicate Before we become swept up in collective hysteria, we should remember that we were foolish to remain complacent in the initial months after COVID-19 emerged. Dizzy with whiplash, we may prove similarly foolish in assuming that only disaster lies ahead. |
Jeff Carter, Points and Figures I am seeing more and more predictions about the future. Most are produced by Captain Obvious. For example, as a society, we will do more and more online. Duh. That trend was happening prior to the Wuhan Flu. |
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