Covid19
Covid-19, TikTok, and Milton Friedman: ProMarket’s Top Stories of 2020
As 2020 draws to a close, we look back at ProMarket’s most-read and most-widely shared stories of the past year.
It should come as...
Keeping Business Alive During the Coronavirus Crisis: Government as Buyer of Last Resort
The government has to compensate businesses and workers for their losses so that each business can re-emerge almost intact after the hibernation due to...
Bethany McLean’s Weekend Reading List: the Pandemic’s Long-Term Consequences
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...
The Fight Against Coronavirus: What the US Can Learn from Italian Hospitals on How to Prevent a Disaster
In a Facebook post that has since become viral, Italian doctor Daniele Macchini offered a first-hand testimony from the Lombardy region, the epicenter of...
Governments and Central Banks Have a Few Unpleasant Options to Stop the Economic Contagion
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.
Why Coronavirus Triggered the First Global Supply-Chain Crisis
The only reason why there is no shortage of goods in American markets is that the epidemic outbreak was close to the Chinese New...
