coronavirus economy Guitars reportedly cool again Thom Dunn
reinsurance The complex insurance math that tries to calculate the risk of pandemics Thom Dunn
pandemic Troubling explainer on how the US economy lost 33% of its value Andrea James
rona Unemployment passes 30m with last week's 3.8m new filers Rob Beschizza
givedirectly Raising money for a UBI fund that helps families affected COVID-19 Thom Dunn
where's the charmin? The retail TP shortage may be real and due to the shift in where we poop Jason Weisberger
comic book industry There will be no new comic books in any stores "until further notice," thanks to coronavirus. Thom Dunn
economics Stocks plunge after Trump travel ban; NYSE suspends trading Rob Beschizza
the sucker at the table Fatal car wrecks are correlated with stock-market fluctuations Cory Doctorow
alcohol Canada legalized pot. Beer consumption there dropped. Xeni Jardin
Bernie Sanders got the GAO to study the life chances of millennials, and the report concludes that debt is "crushing their dreams" Cory Doctorow
growth MMT: when does government deficit spending improve debt-to-GDP ratios? Cory Doctorow
freeriders Profile of Mariana Mazzucato, the economist who's swaying both left and right politicians with talk of "the entrepreneurial state" Cory Doctorow
full employment A layperson-friendly introduction to MMT, a heterodox school of economics that could finance a Green New Deal Cory Doctorow
Learning to See the Commons David Bollier and Silke Helfrich
heterodoxy Why are we still treating economics as if it were an empirical science that makes reliable predictions? Cory Doctorow

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