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  • April 29, 2020
    National Review
    Nursing Homes Are in Crisis. Shutting Down the Economy Won’t Help Them.
    … health‐​care system while also minimizing the harm to society and the economy. As states begin to adjust their lockdown policies, they should consider a more targeted approach that accounts for the outsized risk faced by nursing homes. First, most …
    By Todd Zywicki
  • April 23, 2020
    Blog
    Will a Global Pandemic Change How We Perceive Threats?
    … Things like terrorism or great power wars are low probability risks, but are highly overrated in public perception and public policy. People feared a terrorist incident far more than a global pandemic, even if such a pandemic was much more …
    By James Knupp and Christopher A. Preble
  • April 23, 2020
    Blog
    Is Trump Acting Presidential?
    … Clinton. If Trump is showing political favoritism with disaster aid, he wouldn’t be the first president or other federal policymaker to do so. As economists Steven Horwitz and Frank Stephenson explain in a forthcoming article in Cato’s policy …
    By Thomas A. Firey
  • April 20, 2020
    Foreign Policy
    Will Trump’s Decision to Cut WHO Funding Accomplish Anything?
    … Biden campaign also invited staffers from the Sanders campaign to join and work with them on key issues, including foreign policy. I think that bodes well for the future of Democratic foreign policy, which is undergoing a generational shift. MK …
    By Emma Ashford and Matthew Kroenig
  • April 16, 2020
    Blog
    Getting a Handle on Threats
    … wish that TSA agents had become emergency room attendants instead? Understanding why we fear what we do, and how various policies shape or respond to these fears, is the subject of this online event featuring Brown University’s Rose McDermott …
    By Christopher A. Preble
  • April 13, 2020
    Blog
    U.S.-China Tech Battle Threatens Pandemic Containment and More
    … government as well. Forestalling the Chinese military’s access to advanced technology seems like a legitimate aim of U.S. policy, and the first two rule changes identified above might help achieve that outcome at an acceptable cost. It seems …
    By Daniel J. Ikenson and Huan Zhu
  • April 8, 2020
    Blog
    The Risk of Too Much Air Safety Regulation—Further Thoughts

    Policymakers must exercise due diligence so as not to implement costly air safety measures that drive up airfares and cause consumers to substitute high-risk highway travel for low-risk air travel.

    By Peter Van Doren and Dennis L. Weisman
  • April 7, 2020
    Blog
    Coronavirus Means the U.S. Needs MORE Skilled Immigrants
    Policymakers should make it easier, not harder, for skilled immigrants to perform critical jobs during COVID-19. Suspending the H1B lottery is even more misguided now than it would be in normal times.
    By Jeffrey Miron and Erin Partin
  • April 1, 2020
    Blog
    Protectionism Kills
    The Trump administration’s anti-trade policies continue to make things worse. 
    By Daniel J. Ikenson
  • March 31, 2020
    Blog
    We’re Going to Need Startups
    The economic damage from COVID-19 business shutdowns could be massive. While federal and state policymakers are holed up in their homes in coming weeks, they should be thinking about tax and regulatory reforms to spur short-term recovery and long-term growth.
    By Chris Edwards
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