There are limits to Ducey’s public health emergency powers, which were exceeded by his executive order banning small business evictions, and perhaps others as well.
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.
Judges shouldn’t change ballot measure rules
Initiative proponents are asking judges to make it easier for them to qualify than under existing rules they hadn’t previously challenged.
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.
Critics are wrong, Ducey has aggressively tried to flatten the coronavirus curve
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.
Passing the skinny budget was the right step
The skinny budget gives the state a sizeable cushion for the inevitable decline in state tax collections. But it might not be enough.
Why Arizona shouldn’t have an anti-gouging law
Price spikes are the only real cure for hoarding.
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.