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One of these trajectories is not like the others. Is it Trump's fault? Of course: pandemic response is heavily dependent on presidential leadership, and Trump has been a malign influence
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Where we are now: at this point, it will be almost impossible for Trump to win reelection legitimately. It's quite possible, however, that he will try to steal the election.
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It's now clear that the US took a decisive wrong turn in late March, rushing to reopen even though Covid-19 wasn't remotely under control. And here's one way to think
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Even Mitch McConnell is now saying people should wear masks. Will Trump follow? I don't know, but my guess is no. McConnell is evil, but lives in the real world
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Do people fully appreciate the economic implications of the new Covid-19 surge? And how it interacts with policy? It's pretty grim 1/ What we're seeing in the Sunbelt is a
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It's truly amazing, and horrifying, that face masks — a cheap, minimal precaution in a pandemic — have become a front in the culture wars 1/https://www.axios.com/nebraska-coronavirus-masks-f45cee42-628d-41c3-8c1f-21f8cbc383c8.html B
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As I've been saying, the CARES Act did a lot to alleviate the economic hit from Covid-19. 1/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/31/business/economy/coronavirus-rent-landlords-tenants.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Hom
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I finally had time to pore over today's personal income report a bit more, and here's my take: it shows a high risk of a crisis in the late summer
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I've been doing some homework on the economics of social distancing, and its implications for reopening. Not surprisingly, the Trump admin is refusing to do cost-benefit analysis 1/https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/05/23/gove
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Let's be clear: we don't know whether Trump is actually taking hydrochloroquine. We only know that he *says* he's taking it. But why would he say — and possibly, maybe,
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Excellent thread on the problems American political culture poses for dealing with a public health emergency 1/https://twitter.com/KeithNHumphreys/status/1259828752516706304 One thing I've noticed over the years is that there's a segment of
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Where we are now: it seems clear that the GOP's political arm has effectively decided to give up on trying to control Covid and reopen the economy; the propaganda arm
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