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Tuesday, March 31, 2020

In 2020 A March Of Madness

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Just before the end of February, President Trump declared that there were only 15 Covid-19 cases in the US, and that "they will soon go...
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Remdesivir and Transfer Pricing Part II

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Now that I sketched out the transfer pricing for Gilead Sciences with respect to their successful HIV and Hep C products (as much as I can ...
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Monday, March 30, 2020

Is Pompeo The Worst Secretary Of State Ever?

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This is the title of a column in today's Washington Post by Jackson Diehl.  His answer is an unequivocal "yes," and I must say...
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Richard Epstein: Peak Dishonesty

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Epstein is the doyen of libertarian legal theorists.  Larry Tisch Professor of law at NYU and a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, he ...
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Saturday, March 28, 2020

Remdesivir and Transfer Pricing

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Gilead Sciences is conducting phase III trials to explore whether this treatment – which did not turn out to be effective against Ebola – mi...
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Wednesday, March 25, 2020

Congress and the Fed Could Ensure Universal Protection During the Pandemic

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No matter how well or poorly the federal government addresses the overall economic crisis, millions of vulnerable people will be left unprot...
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Monday, March 23, 2020

AFL-CIO has a Plan

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From the AFL-CIO website : PRIORITIES OF THE LABOR MOVEMENT TO ADDRESS THE CORONAVIRUS: PROTECT FRONT-LINE WORKERS Streamline approac...
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The Mankiw CV Plan

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Greg Mankiw has posted a suggestion for delivering money to people that targets the benefit to those who need it the most.  The idea is cle...
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Sunday, March 22, 2020

The Oil Price War

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One consequence of the emerging global Covid-19 recession has been that it has helped push world oil prices down from the $60-70 per barrel ...
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Friday, March 20, 2020

The Hammer and the Dance

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Ordinarily, I would give some sort of summary of the Big Idea I am referencing. In this case, I will link to the essay, Coronavirus: The Ham...
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For a Universal Debt and Rental Moratorium

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Incomes are collapsing throughout the economy, and both businesses and individuals face a crisis in meeting fixed payments they can’t contro...
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Thursday, March 19, 2020

Some Ideas for Pandeminomics

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The starting point for all of what follows is that government, if it has the will to act, is currently in the driver’s seat.  Much of the pr...
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Has the FDA Approved a COVID-19 Treatment?

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Before I note perhaps the most irresponsible comment from Donald Trump today, let me note I strongly support research into finding an effect...
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Wednesday, March 18, 2020

The Coming Fiscal Crisis Of State And Local Governments

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Yesterday my wife Marina and I mt with our personal attorney, a close friend also, to fix  some loose ends in our wills due to some recent f...
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Has The Ukrainian Anti-Corruption Campaign Come To An End?

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Quite possibly. In today's Washington Post, p. A8, Robin Dixon and David L. Stern report that President Voloymyr Zelensky has removed ...
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