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Covid-19

Managing the Covid-19 Pandemic: Good Health Policy Is Good Economic Policy

Flavio Toxvaerd
Many economists object to framing the response to the Covid-19 pandemic as choosing between health and wealth. Health protection and wealth creation both rely...
Covid-19

How Pfizer’s Vaccine Announcement Demonstrates the Political Power of Firms

John M. Barrios
By timing the disclosure of the results of its vaccine trial, Pfizer could have influenced the 2020 presidential election. This is worrisome regardless of...
Covid-19

The Covid-19 Vaccine is Nearly Here. The Question is: Will People Take It?

Barry Eichengreen
In addition to the challenges involved in manufacturing and distributing the new Covid vaccine from Pfizer, the reluctance of many Americans to take a...
Covid-19

Covid-19 Is Reducing Americans’ Confidence Across Institutions

Marianne Bertrand
Latest US household survey findings reveal that the Covid-19 crisis caused a sharp reduction in Americans’ confidence in institutions—whether or not they were directly...
Covid-19

Defying Expectations, Bankruptcy Filings Are Down During the Covid-19 Crisis So Far

Jialan Wang
Historically, bankruptcy filings have closely tracked the business cycle and unemployment rates. However, a recent study found that this relationship has reversed during the...
Antitrust and Competition

The Monopolists and the Pandemic: What Covid-19 Teaches Us About Concentrated Power

Barry C. Lynn
In the preface of his new book Liberty from All Masters: The New American Autocracy vs. the Will of the People, Barry Lynn explores...
Antitrust and Competition

“Amazon Is Getting Richer by the Moment —But There’s a Limit to How Many People Jeff Bezos Can Buy”

Asher Schechter
In an interview with ProMarket, Barry Lynn discusses the current state of American antimonopoly, what the Covid-19 crisis has taught us about the fragility...
Covid-19

Regulators Should Keep a Close Eye on the Little Guys in the Race for a Covid-19 Vaccine

Jérôme Adda
As the race to find a Covid-19 vaccine or treatment rages on, many have raised concerns over trustworthiness of clinical research and questioned whether...
Antitrust and Competition

Government Regulation is the Pro-Market Solution

Steven K. Vogel
The Covid-19 pandemic has utterly discredited the false dichotomy of government vs. markets. Extensive government regulation is a prerequisite for the proper functioning of...
Covid-19

Bethany McLean’s Weekend Reading List: Inequality, Remote Learning and the First Female Recession

Bethany McLean
Corruption, lobbying, corporate malfeasance, and frauds: a weekly unconventional selection of must-read articles by investigative journalist Bethany McLean. There are a few things that I've thought...
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