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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
“We need the masks. We don’t want other people getting it,” was US President Trump’s defiant justification for temporarily halting the export of N95 respirators to Canada and Latin America. The decision triggered an equally blunt response from the premier of Ontario, Doug Ford, who said: “I’m not going to rely on President Trump, I’m […] More
We are told by everyone from the United Nations to Donald Trump that the US is a ‘developed’ economy. The statistics suggest otherwise An emergency field hospital is set up in Central Park as the Covid-19 outbreaks spreads. The US has fewer beds per person than countries such as Libya and Mongolia. Photograph: Jeenah Moon/Reuters […] More
