Category Archives: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

August 5, 2020

Trump and Senate Republicans Pose a Grave Risk to the…

The headline from last Thursday’s report by the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) on second quarter GDP was horrific: The…Continue reading

July 1, 2020

Trump’s Bungled Pandemic Response Has Badly Damaged Americans’ Incomes

Donald Trump may have normalized cognitive dissonance for many of his supporters and some young people.  But wishing away the…Continue reading

May 11, 2020

The Official Unemployment Numbers Are Technically Fake News

April’s 14.7 percent unemployment rate, announced by the Labor Department last Friday, is awful by any standard. The official tally…Continue reading

April 13, 2020

How Much Trump Has Cost Americans in this Pandemic

Most of the economic carnage we see Americans suffer today is the result of measures that federal, state, and local…Continue reading

March 2, 2020

The Threat the Coronavirus Poses to the Economy

In 2005, the National Science Foundation, World Bank and other American and global organizations convened to discuss the threat of…Continue reading

August 1, 2019

The Surprising Public Policy Case for Electronic Cigarettes

Read the report: The Impact of Electronic Cigarettes on Cigarette Smoking By Americans and Its Health and Economic Implications For…Continue reading