If this is right, what lessons might we learn from "wartime economics"—beyond a cautionary reminder that the standard economic tools available to us (cutting interest rates, carefully increasing government spending) are no match for the magnitude of the moment?
First, we should acknowledge the peculiar paradox at the core of this crisis, that although we are confronting an economic calamity, no actual economic weaknesses are to blame. The economy has not been leveled by bombs—we have simply turned it off. This creates a unique challenge: How do you support people during this moment of suspended animation, and ensure that, when we switch the economy "back on," it is able to propel itself into action, unscarred by this pause?
While you're here, how about this:
'Smash-and-Grab Economics': Trump White House Weighing Tax Cut for Rich Investors as Workers and
Critics slammed the Trump administration for considering "rewarding vulture capitalists profiting off a crisis."
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), Vice President Mike Pence and Rep. Kevin Brady (R-Texas) applaud President Donald Trump during a bill signing ceremony on March 27, 2020 in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Erin Schaff-Pool/Getty Images)
As desperate workers, the unemployed, and small businesses struggle to obtain benefits authorized under the multi-trillion-dollar coronavirus stimulus package President Donald Trump signed into law late last month, the White House is reportedly considering an additional slate of aid measures that critics say would disproportionately favor the wealthy while providing little relief for those most in need.
How Obama-Era Economics Sold Us Short | The Nation
Coronavirus Threatens Spain With New Economic Crisis
Widespread travel restrictions and shuttered businesses have battered Spain's economy. (Photo by ... [+] Clara Margais/picture alliance via Getty Images)
After years of recession following the 2008 financial crisis, Spain's economy was recovering over the last few years.
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"One of the main issues in Spain is the large share of temporary workers. In a situation like the current one, you see a massive impact on that part of the labor market, as contracts are not renewed given the sudden stop in demand," said Angel Talavera, head of European economics at Oxford Economics.
In case you are keeping track:
Gilead And The Economics Of Remdesivir (NASDAQ:GILD) | Seeking Alpha
Gilead's CEO issued a new letter about remdesivir announcing the company is giving away 1.5 million doses.
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Another thing I'd like to emphasize is that because I'm looking at this from an investment (or trading so you will) perspective and perhaps that requires a different level of certainty around the information. I'm used to operating under uncertainty and betting on odds laid by unusual situations. I'm used to reading seemingly unrelated or second-hand information and evaluating its value for investing purposes.
Florida, Nevada may be hit hardest by coronavirus economic shock: study | National Post
WASHINGTON — Florida beaches remained packed with partying college students as the coronavirus crisis gathered force, and the Republican governor was slow to impose social distancing in a tourist-dependent economy.
That may come back to haunt the U.S. state – and not just in the form of a sky-rocketing case load. According to a newly released study by Oxford Economics, Florida is among the states most vulnerable to the economic shock being caused by the pandemic. ( https://reut.rs/34cmzs3 )
The 'certified recovered' from Covid-19 could lead the economic recovery - STAT
R e-opening a nightclub in New York seems crazy at this point, as that's just the kind of setting in which Covid-19 can spread like wildfire. But it wouldn't be crazy if all of the workers and patrons had previously had Covid-19 and recovered from it.
Someday soon there will be millions of people in the U.S. who have recovered from Covid-19. The best evidence suggests that they can't get infected again soon and won't infect others by shedding the virus .
How Economists, Too, Are Taking On the Coronavirus Crisis - The New York Times
"Commitment problems are important in the world of economics," Mr. Stein noted. So he wrote a blog post about it, which he hopes Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo of New York will read.
One study just published looked at pandemics back to the 14th century, concluding that they inhibit investment and increase savings for decades, depressing an economy's central interest rate. Another evaluated the short-term macroeconomic shock from the virus and assessed ways to respond.
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