How does 31% Unemployment Sound? Scary!
The Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation has taken a preliminary glimpse at what the employment situation would look like in May if the current pandemic lockdown is continued in the 10-county Southern California region. It isn’t pretty. Slicing and dicing through the numbers at hand, LAEDC researchers estimate that the Southern California region will […]
Observations of a New World
Over two million people in the world have been diagnosed with the COVID-19 virus and tens of thousands have died from the disease. These numbers are undoubtedly low given the current lack of testing capability. Although we do not know the extent of the problem, we do know that our world has changed dramatically. Until […]
Price Controls Are Not the Answer to Surprise Billing
Now more than ever, the COVID-19 epidemic and resulting “shelter in place” policy have called our attention to health and economic concerns. Lawmakers in Congress have rushed to act, but taxpayers must examine their proposals carefully or we could find ourselves stuck with counterproductive “solutions.” One issue that has come to the forefront is surprise […]
Viral Politics
Long after the pandemic has receded, its long-term impact on our society and political life will continue. Just as plagues past have reshaped the trajectory of cities and civilizations, sometimes with fearsome morbidity, COVID-19 is already having a profoundly disruptive impact on our political future. Rather than uniting humanity against a common foe, the pandemic […]