Note: I started writing this blog post in June 2020, when many American politicians had decided to begin reopening their economies. This was based on economic and political factors, not public health or science. Since then, the pandemic caused a second spike in the U.S., especially in Southern states that were the first to reopen …
The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has revealed aspects of how the economy works (or doesn’t). It also has the potential to shift the Overton Window (the range of what is politically possible), as progressive solutions previously dismissed as “impossibly idealistic or too expensive” are now suddenly the best option for addressing major societal needs. Two such …
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Note: I started writing this blog post in June 2020, when many American politicians had decided to begin reopening their
The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has revealed aspects of how the economy works (or doesn’t). It also has the potential to
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