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Four causes for alarm in the US jobs figures – and one possible reason for hope More than 20m Americans lost their jobs in April – and Friday’s report suggests there might be much more trouble ahead Jobs figures: April worst month since Great Depression A closed thrift shop in downtown Hialeah in Florida. The […] More
A lot has changed since the first cases of COVID-19 were reported in Wuhan, China, in December last year. While much remains unknown about the new coronavirus, COVID-19 has since spread rapidly from its origin in China to every corner of the world except Antarctica. Unlike previous health crises such as SARS (severe acute respiratory […] More
How will the US reopen? Slowly, bit by bit, but we may never return to ‘normal’ A ‘Closed’ sign is posted on the window of a store in downtown Lexington, Nebraska. Photograph: Dan Brouillette/Bloomberg via Getty Images Trump rolled out a blueprint for reopening the country. But businesses and governors will have as large a […] More
Economic recovery from the Covid-19 crisis will need a balancing act Michael Boskin The task is to navigate the difficult trade-offs and even more difficult politics as sensibly as possible Reopening the economy after the coronavirus crisis will involve balancing health and fiscal concerns. Photograph: Spencer Platt/Getty Images For a long time, as health spending […] More
Amid the debate surrounding COVID-19, the rhetoric around hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) in the United States and India is the best example of the populism of our times. Earlier on in the pandemic, anecdotal evidence from France led US President Donald Trump to proclaim that all the patients should try HCQ against the coronavirus. In a matter […] More
Malcolm Turnbull on Donald Trump: ‘You don’t suck up to bullies’ Donald Trump and Malcolm Turnbull meet for the first time onboard the USS Intrepid in New York in May 2017. Photograph: Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images In this extract from his memoir, the former Australian prime minister recounts his deals and negotiations with the US president […] More
Coronavirus has destroyed the myth of the deficit No, federal government spending doesn’t have to be ‘paid for’. The crisis shows providing for our society is not a financial issue ‘Buying into the deficit myth, for generations we have been living below our means – paralyzed by the belief that finance is the constraint.’ Photograph: […] More
Cases of two senators who sold stock after private briefings about the virus have spotlighted the intelligence politicians are privy to Senator Kelly Loeffler sold tens of millions of dollars worth of stocks after a closed briefing on the coronavirus. Photograph: Mary F Calvert/Reuters Stock dealing by some members of the US Congress, or their […] More
