The economy will continue to struggle until our approach to managing the public health risk from COVID-19 fundamentally changes.
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Return to normalcy would win in a landslide
Progressives are worried that Biden is running a return to normalcy campaign. He’s not, but perhaps he should.
A state and local government bailout is premature
The initial guesstimate about the effect of the coronavirus shutdown on the Arizona state budget suggests that prudently managed state and local governments can muddle through.
Throwing more money at a shutdown economy won’t accomplish much
The only way to help small business on a broad scale is to reopen the economy.
Don’t blame China for U.S. coronavirus response
Yes, China was duplicitous. But that didn’t materially affect what the U.S. did, or when.
Trump the big spender
During the coronavirus recession, the focus should be on replacement income for individuals. Leave other things, such as Trump’s $2 trillion infrastructure program, to another day.
Congress can’t buy a recovered economy
The $2 trillion economic rescue package will help some endure the induced recession as a coronavirus response. But it won’t materially affect its course or contours.
Was a recession a necessary coronavirus response?
A focus on the vulnerable population might have produced most of the public health benefits with considerably less disruption and economic damage.
Stimulus isn’t the coronavirus economic cure
Trump and Congress are certain to do the wrong thing regarding the economic effects of the coronavirus reaction. The Fed already has.
Putting SB 1070 into proper perspective
Based on a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision, if the constitutionality of the much maligned immigration bill were before the current court, it might be mostly upheld rather than mostly struck down.