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Why Mass Testing Is Crucial: the US Should Study the Veneto Model to Fight Covid-19

Luigi Zingales
The Italian experience suggests that locking downtowns is a necessary but insufficient condition to stop the spread of the disease. If 50 percent of...
Antitrust and Competition

Bethany McLean’s Weekend Reading List: the Pandemic’s Long-Term Consequences

Bethany McLean
Corruption, lobbying, corporate malfeasance, and frauds: a weekly unconventional selection of must-read articles by investigative journalist Bethany McLean.      Of course, this weekend's list is mostly...
Commentary

The ECB Can Save the Italian Economy and Prevent a New Euro Crisis Triggered by Covid-19 Fallout

Olivier Blanchard
The Italian government's effort to contain the coronavirus will have significant economic consequences. Italy should be allowed to ask for emergency help with one...
Commentary

Governments and Central Banks Have a Few Unpleasant Options to Stop the Economic Contagion

Stefano Feltri
The global economy and financial markets are seriously hit by the coronavirus outbreak. Central banks can do something, but monetary policy is not enough.  A fiscal stimulus might mitigate the impact, but the record-level outstanding amount of public and private debt adds additional risk to the current perfect storm.  
Commentary

Why Coronavirus Triggered the First Global Supply-Chain Crisis

Stefano Feltri
The only reason why there is no shortage of goods in American markets is that the epidemic outbreak was close to the Chinese New...
Antitrust and Competition

US Big Business vs China: How Monopolies Harm National Security

Matt Stoller
China’s goal is to concentrate power, both within China and over Western industrial commons. The best reaction is not to mimic Chinese autocratic control...
Commentary

Who Won the South Carolina Democratic Debate? The ProMarket Panel's Analysis

ProMarket writers
Is Bernie Sanders inevitable, and is Michael Bloomberg doomed? Which candidate would be best suited to avoid a recession in the US? A ProMarket...
Commentary

Sanders Is Leading the Democratic Primaries, but Don't Bet on an Open Convention

David Lawsky
Bernie Sanders is a polarizing front-runner, but there are many reasons to believe the Democratic convention this summer is unlikely to repeat the drama...
Antitrust and Competition

The Only Regulation Mark Zuckerberg Likes Is No Regulation

Stefano Feltri
In an op-ed and a white paper, Facebook's CEO argues that "private companies should not make so many decisions alone when they touch on...
Commentary

Do Top Economics Journals Hold Female-Authored Papers to Higher Standards?

Erin Hengel
Articles written by male economists are cited less than articles published by women in the same journals, a new study on gender and quality...
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