A rather surprising Covid chart

Whatever happened to Sweden? I thought maybe you’d be curious too. For a long time, Sweden was the media’s favorite Covid villain. Time...

We have gotten stuck in a Catch-22. After a rapid initial rise, the share of the US population fully vaccinated against Covid-19 has...

You’ve heard about “long Covid”: people who suffer for months from fatigue, headaches and “brain fog”. This blog talks about a similar...

The supply of government-caused crises creates its own demand for government-led rescues.

This is a true story. A US-based Italian friend of mine decided to travel to Europe this spring. Vaccinated and full of confidence as he...

The risk of Covid-19 far outweighs the risk of blood clots from the Johnson & Johnson vaccine.

In the Covid-19 pandemic we keep ignoring the most obvious evidence and doubling down on measures with the flimsiest scientific support

Covid-19 disproportionately kills the old; so why does Italy disproportionately vaccinate the young?

Unless we steer policy, technology and education in the right direction, long term unemployment will keep rising, and inequality with it.

Surprising statements from unlikely sources that should raise awkward questions and ring alarm bells

7 lessons from 2020 on technology, information, the economy, and human nature; and 1 resolution for 2021

Basic important questions on Covid-19 remain wide open. If fact-free partisanship keeps dominating the debate, we'll never get the answers.

Distance learning has failed; well-off parents set up their private learning pods. Keeping schools closed will widen and entrench inequality

San Francisco’s Emergency Text Warning alerted me that “Covid-19 hospitalizations have reached critical levels”. Have they?

On this July 4 with social distancing and no fireworks, an independent look at the data, and a bit of optimism on Covid-19 and the economy

San Francisco may never reopen till a Covid-19 vaccine is found. A legitimate choice, but we should be clear about it and accept the impact

US covid-19 cases have picked up just as economic indicators started to rebound. For policymakers and businesses, the hard part starts now.

San Francisco, the first US city to go in full Covid-19 lockdown, might be the last one out. It's beginning to feel like Hotel California.

The policy response to the Covid-19 recession risks undermining long-term growth, causing a painful prolonged curtailment in living standard