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By Simon Johnson and Larissa J. LucasWASHINGTON, DC After a two-year pandemic, with the Omicron variant raging and uncertainty ahead, there is an understandable desire to blame someone for the appalling death toll from COVID-19. And in the United States, the United Kingdom, and elsewhere, fingers are increasingly being pointed at nursing home workers. As one recent ....
By Simon Johnson and Larissa J. LucasWASHINGTON, DC After a two-year pandemic, with the Omicron variant raging and uncertainty ahead, there is an understandable desire to blame someone for the appalling death toll from COVID-19. And in the United States, the United Kingdom, and elsewhere, fingers are increasingly being pointed at nursing home workers. As one recent ....
WASHINGTON, DC There is an adage that you cannot have back-to-back financial crises. The implication is that a financial crisis causes people to be more careful, so any bank, investment firm, or investor who survives one crisis will not be taking big risks anytime soon. But two years after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic forced lockdowns, quarantines, and other ....
WASHINGTON, DC There is an adage that you cannot have back-to-back financial crises. The implication is that a financial crisis causes people to be more careful, so any bank, investment firm, or investor who survives one crisis will not be taking big risks anytime soon. But two years after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic forced lockdowns, quarantines, and other ....
Last week, the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology heard testimony on potential strategies for promoting technology-based economic development and regional innovation. ....