Policy for Pandemics
As many have noted, the COVID-19 pandemic has led to a "she-cession" with women bearing the brunt of the economic fallout. Why don't we just give women money?
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When the COVID-19 pandemic struck Mexico, president Andrés Manuel López Obrador faced a choice between the economy and the people. He chose neither.
Sep 1
Forget about "normal". When it's cold, hand out blankets. Make field trips mandatory and routine. Change the curriculum. Forget summer, make the long b…
Aug 24
As various professional leagues try to restart, some familiar socioeconomic divisions are revealing themselves, with important lessons for the general …
Jul 9
Tempting as it is to blame Donald Trump for America's pandemic disaster, plenty of experts thought the coronavirus would turn out to be no big deal. Bl…
Jun 30
With over 600 COVID-19 cases and three dead workers in southwestern Ontario's agricultural sector, the one thing you can't say is that officials weren'…
Jun 23
Countries, like people, do some things well and some things not so well. One thing we have lost is the command and control capacity to do test and trac…
Jun 15
Judgements about status are embedded in almost everything aspect of the news. To read the news is to be insulted -- which is why people are fleeing the…
Jun 9
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