The Law is Not a “Pretty Plaything”
I have referenced my colleague Matt Levine’s work at Bloomberg Opinion many times in the past. What he wrote about yesterday struck...
No Inflation For Years to Come
Very few companies have pricing power at the moment Source: Torsten Sløk, Deutsche Bank Securities Today’s episode...
The Sweden Mistake?
Sweden Stayed Open. A Deadly Month Shows the Risks Source: New York Times Two weeks ago, I mentioned that Sweden was doing...
John Oliver on the USPS
As the U.S. Postal Service faces financial catastrophe, John Oliver discusses why the service is so important, what brought it to this...
Sweden vs. Its Neighbors
I am angry. Here we are, in the midst of a global pandemic that simultaneously threatens the lives of countless people while destroying...
60 Minutes: Navarro on Pandemics
60 Minutes opens the archive on previous stories on U.S. pandemic preparedness after being challenged by White House trade adviser...
USA: Tests per COVID-19 case
Click “Play” button for YTD time lapse Source: Our World in Data We don’t seem to be on top of this the...
Unintended Consequences, Part II: What if LTCM Was Not Rescued...
This is part II of our Unintended Consequences/Counter-factual series; part one on Chrysler is here. More to come next week. ~~~ Before...
Don’t Like USPS Losses? Blame Congress
Congress, Not Amazon, Messed Up the Post Office Legislators passed a law that made the USPS less competitive with the private sector....
Pandemics Depress the Economy; Public Health Interventions Do Not
1918 Flu Pandemic depressed the economy, but public health interventions did not. Dots represent city-level 1918 influenza mortality and...