This time is truly different. The resolution of the Covid-19 crisis will “come from science”—as economist Steve Roach put it—and not efforts to repair the financial system that worked for other economic shocks: be it the Great Financial Crisis of 2008, the Asian Crisis of 1997, the Russian debt crisis of 1998, or 1987’s Black […]
Coronavirus India Updates: India Bars All Incoming Flights For A Week, Death Toll Rises To Four
Total Coronavirus Cases In India At 169, Four Deaths Confirmed The fourth coronavirus-related death has been confirmed in India, according to the health ministry’s website. Total number of cases have rose to 169 on Thursday. This includes the four deaths and 14 people cured or discharged. The most recent death was in Punjab, which has […]
Coronavirus India Updates: First Death From Covid-19 Confirmed In India; Total Cases At 74
Total Coronavirus Cases In India At 74, One Death Confirmed India has recorded its first death from the novel coronavirus. A 76-year-old from Karnataka, who had died Tuesday, has now been confirmed to have been infected by Covid-19, state health officials have said. India’s health ministry today said there have been 74 coronavirus cases in […]
Larry Kudlow’s Relentless Optimism Takes on the Coronavirus
(Bloomberg Businessweek) — It’s shaping up to be a doozy of a Tuesday morning. At 10 a.m. on March 3, the U.S. Federal Reserve announces its first emergency rate cut since the global financial crisis. Soon after, in a hastily called press conference, Fed Chair Jerome Powell will tell reporters—and investors watching from afar who […]
Abortion Clinics Are Getting Nickel-and-Dimed Out of Business
(Bloomberg Businessweek) — Amy Hagstrom Miller, owner of Whole Woman’s Health in Austin, has faced many existential threats to her business. When Texas passed a law in 2013 requiring abortion providers to have admitting privileges at a nearby hospital, she was forced to close the clinic. She fought the measure all the way to the […]