On the ethical dilemmas, including prioritisation of care in life-threatening situations, that medical staff grappling with coronavirus have to face
“$1,000/hour for a phone consultation is actually very good value b/c I can bring you up to speed on how to prepare you & your family for the rough times ahead”.
The toilet paper shortage; Arron Banks; Hungary; Andrew Cuomo’s nipples; and more.
We have some questions.
Which cost, oh, just about one-sixtieth of the price.
From bail-inable private sector capital to mandated reserves of essential goods, there’s a lot regulators can do to ensure economies can better cope with Covid-19 style shocks in the future.
China’s concealment; organised crime; Fox’s fake-news contagion; ratings agencies; and much more.
No, probably not.
Testing; Zoom; the apocalypse you weren’t waiting for; originalism; and more.
Let’s not get too excited.
UBS runs the numbers.
Perhaps, perhaps, perhaps.
Chloroquine might not be very effective, but FT Alphaville is.
Prepare for negative prices in some markets in the near term, but an inflationary oil shock in the aftermath.
It’s not just individuals who are in urgent need of debt moratoriums during the coronavirus. Some sovereign countries will need them too.
The Channel island has just one GP and an ageing population, though no confirmed coronavirus cases yet.
In the US, Bernie supporters want to #mintthecoin to fund public spending, but an alternative proposal in Europe looks to dematerialise the coinage.
Another proposal from the Alphaville team.
Featuring Godfrey Bloom; Robert Holzmann; top celebs; and more.
Redundant childminders and nannies could offer vital support to key worker families and ease the pressure on skeleton schools and nurseries.
Open-source projects are trying to find “hacks” for the coronavirus.
A proposal.
The bull who called the bottom in 2008 speaks on a topic almost no-one is focusing on.
Your daily briefing on Covid-19.
Elon Musk doesn’t seem to be quite managing to grasp the seriousness of Covid-19.
Quick thinks: what happens when there’s no more storage available?
Act now and consider the future.
Welfare < growth.
A coronavirus comms crib sheet for economic officialdom.
The academic research behind the UK’s change in strategy: from herd immunity to suppression.
