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Mar 07 2020
Background
2019–20 coronavirus outbreak
The 2019–20 coronavirus outbreak is an ongoing global outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by the SARS coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The outbreak was first identified in Wuhan, Hubei, China in December 2019, and has since been declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern by the World Health Organization.[5][6][7][8] As of 10 March 2020, over 118,000 cases have
WikipediaApr 03 2020
Analysis
Are the Markets Underestimating a Coronavirus Depression?
One of the most enduring images to come out of the last financial crisis more than a decade ago was that of former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan—once seen as the “maestro” of markets—expressing his “shocked disbelief” that Wall Street had blown itself up. How could people so smart act against their own “self-interest” and get things so wrong? Greenspan wondered aloud during testimony
Foreign PolicyMar 18 2020
Analysis
Coronavirus Will Be Deadly To Your Liberty
Nothing makes government grow like a crisis. People get scared, politicians respond to that fear with promises that the state will step in and make everything better, and government ends up larger and more powerful. The pandemic of COVID-19 coronavirus threatens a world-wide wave of sickness, but it's the healthiest thing to happen to government power in a very long time. As it leaves
ReasonMar 03 2020
Fact Check
Democrats’ Misleading Coronavirus Claims
Democrats have criticized President Donald Trump for his administration’s response to the new coronavirus, making claims about cuts to public health programs and the silencing of government experts. But they haven’t always gotten their facts right:
It’s true that the president’s budget proposals have consistently called for reduced funding for the Centers for Disease Control and
FactCheck.orgMar 27 2020
Opinion
The Coronavirus Is Demonstrating the Value of Globalization
We are experiencing a painful introduction to anti-globalism and its consequences.
To fight a pandemic, governments are erecting barriers to the movement of people and goods unlike anything seen since the end of World War II. In some ways, the new barriers are even tighter. America’s borders with Canada and Mexico remained open during the war, but they are closed now.
These
The AtlanticMar 09 2020
Opinion
On Coronavirus, Where Are All the Grownups?
That’s a rhetorical question, actually. The grownups, it seems, are in our local schools, in our hospitals, and running our local businesses, definitely not in our newsrooms or in our political institutions.
No one has any clue how the coronavirus will end up affecting our lives. Though I believe there is some evidence that we’re overreacting, unlike the hundreds of pundits who have
National Review (News)Mar 23 2020
Opinion
In coronavirus fight, side with the scientists
Saturday was a beautiful, spring day in Washington. People were out at Eastern Market and walking the National Mall, careful to keep a safe distance. They were relieved to escape their apartments and actually see someone other than immediate family and cable TV talking heads.
My world was not as sunny.
The Senate was in session as we tried to agree on a Marshall Plan for our
Richard DurbinMar 06 2020
Fact Check
Trump and the Coronavirus Death Rate
The World Health Organization says that 3.4% of reported COVID-19 patients worldwide have died – a global fatality figure that President Donald Trump dismissed as “a false number.” It’s not a false number, although experts say Trump has a point that the fatality rate may ultimately be quite a bit less than 3.4%.
Trump says the true rate is much lower because the WHO’s rate does not take
FactCheck.orgMar 03 2020
Opinion
Capital Is Part of the Coronavirus Cure
U.S. stocks capped their worst week since 2008 Friday amid fears that the coronavirus will become a pandemic. Though markets rallied Monday on expectations that central banks will slash interest rates, the Nasdaq was still down nearly 9% from its record close of 9817.18 on Feb. 19.
Nasdaq Inc. saw record messages and volumes last week. Nasdaq options markets registered an all-time peak
Wall Street Journal (Opinion)Mar 20 2020
News
The coronavirus jobs apocalypse is here
The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits jumped to its highest level in two years for the week ending March 14, but that was nothing compared to the absolutely historic wave of job losses economists see coming.
The state of play: Goldman Sachs predicts that more than 2 million Americans will file for unemployment claims by next week, pointing to "an unprecedented surge
Axios