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

Like the Covid-19 virus, dirty data will be with us for a while. We should take precautions to not let them infect our decision making.

As we enter the next phase of the covid-19 crisis, here are ten key lessons and their implications

Florida’s targeted covid-19 strategy has been harshly criticized, but seems to have worked—and protected its elderly much better than NY

Sweden tackled Covid19 without closing its economy, drawing harsh criticism. But we should want Sweden to succeed, for our own sake.

It's time to reopen our economies with a targeted strategy that protects the most vulnerable--and avoids an economic catastrophe

Not all of us have the time to look at the coronavirus data. That is why we need to trust the media. But we can't.

Italy's covid-19 figures are heavily skewed by Lombardy. The US is not like Italy. New York is not like Italy. Not even Italy is like Italy

Model forecasts of apocalyptic coronavirus death tolls carry a huge margin of error. The media ignores it--we shouldn't.

The data on the coronavirus outbreak so far are simply terrible, and it is imperative that we recognize this, and recognize the need to hand