COVID-19
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Latest work in COVID-19
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COVID Showed That We’re Bad At Big Decisions
The pandemic has called into question one of the most fundamental assumptions of economics.
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Will These Post-Pandemic Health Care Changes Stay?
- | Government Spending Government Spending
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Weifeng Zhong on C-SPAN Washington Journal - China, Trade, and COVID (Part 3)
- | Government Spending Government Spending
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Weifeng Zhong on C-SPAN Washington Journal - China, Trade, and COVID (Part 2)
- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
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Crisis as a Source of Social Capital
Adaptation and Formation of Social Capital during the COVID-19 Pandemic
- | Academic & Student Programs Academic & Student Programs
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Governing Nested Externalities during a Pandemic
Social Distancing as a Coproduction Problem
- | Academic & Student Programs Academic & Student Programs
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Expert failure and pandemics
On adapting to life with pandemics
- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
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The Rules of Reason
COVID-19, Buchanan, and Hayek
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Pandemic: The End of the Beginning
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Telehealth and the Asynchronous Revolution
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Scott Sumner on Made in America - COVID Unemployment Benefits
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Trains in Vain: The Uncertain Outlook for Public Transit After COVID-19
Biden is requesting $85 billion to fund public transit. Do cities actually need more trains and buses?
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Arlington’s Public-School System
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It’s as if the CDC Intends To Scare People
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Michael Farren on Sirius XM - COVID Unemployment Benefits
Latest work in COVID-19
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
COVID Showed That We’re Bad At Big Decisions
The pandemic has called into question one of the most fundamental assumptions of economics.
- | Healthcare Healthcare
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Will These Post-Pandemic Health Care Changes Stay?
- | Government Spending Government Spending
- | TV Appearance TV Appearance
Weifeng Zhong on C-SPAN Washington Journal - China, Trade, and COVID (Part 3)
- | Government Spending Government Spending
- | TV Appearance TV Appearance
Weifeng Zhong on C-SPAN Washington Journal - China, Trade, and COVID (Part 2)
- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | Journal Articles Journal Articles
Crisis as a Source of Social Capital
Adaptation and Formation of Social Capital during the COVID-19 Pandemic
- | Academic & Student Programs Academic & Student Programs
- | Journal Articles Journal Articles
Governing Nested Externalities during a Pandemic
Social Distancing as a Coproduction Problem
- | Academic & Student Programs Academic & Student Programs
- | Journal Articles Journal Articles
Expert failure and pandemics
On adapting to life with pandemics
- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | Journal Articles Journal Articles
The Rules of Reason
COVID-19, Buchanan, and Hayek
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Pandemic: The End of the Beginning
- | Healthcare Healthcare
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Telehealth and the Asynchronous Revolution
- | Radio Appearance Radio Appearance
Scott Sumner on Made in America - COVID Unemployment Benefits
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Trains in Vain: The Uncertain Outlook for Public Transit After COVID-19
Biden is requesting $85 billion to fund public transit. Do cities actually need more trains and buses?
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Arlington’s Public-School System
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
It’s as if the CDC Intends To Scare People
- | Radio Appearance Radio Appearance
Michael Farren on Sirius XM - COVID Unemployment Benefits
Latest work in COVID-19
- | Healthcare Healthcare
- | Policy Briefs Policy Briefs
Resolving Roadblocks to Activating Additional Physicians
- | Regulation Regulation
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Small Business Recovery after COVID-19
- | Healthcare Healthcare
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Reforming Medicaid Reimbursement before the Next Pandemic
- | Healthcare Healthcare
- | Policy Briefs Policy Briefs
Raising the Bar: ICU Beds and Certificates of Need
- | Regulation Regulation
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COVID-19 Reveals the Need for a Regulatory Reset
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Emergency Executive Powers: Not Needed Indefinitely
- | Healthcare Healthcare
- | Policy Briefs Policy Briefs
A Fresh Start: How to Address Regulations Suspended during the Coronavirus Crisis
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Public Sector Pensions and the COVID-19 Shock
- | International Freedom and Trade International Freedom and Trade
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Lower Barriers to Immigrant Healthcare Workers to Help Combat the COVID-19 Pandemic
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The Cost of COVID-19: A Rough Estimate of the 2020 US GDP Impact
- | Technology and Innovation Technology and Innovation
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Aggregated Smartphone Location Data to Assist in Response to Pandemic
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Federalism and Polycentric Government in a Pandemic
- | International Freedom and Trade International Freedom and Trade
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Liberalize, Sanitize, Digitize: Three Urgent Trade Policy Priorities in a Pandemic Age
Latest work in COVID-19
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Which Vaccine Did You Get? It’s a Fraught Question
The American tendency to draw unnecessary and unhelpful distinctions applies to vaccines as well.
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If All the World's a Stage, COVID-19 Is Writing the Script
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Talk About What You Know, and Not What You Think You Know
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When Changing Your Mind Is No Bad Thing
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When Changing Your Mind Is No Bad Thing
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COVID Vaccine Passports: Coming to a Store near You?
Students weigh the merits of requiring customers and employees to show proof of vaccination.
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COVID Has Made Where You Live Matter Even More
The pandemic has deepened America’s state and regional differences — and that’s not necessarily a bad thing.
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India Needs to Move Vaccines to Warp Speed
The country should use the market to get more shots into more arms faster.
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Staying in Business through Reinvention and Resilience
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Meet the Stimulus Easter Bunny
- | Government Spending Government Spending
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The Not-So-Stimulative $1.9 Trillion Package
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Politics in Everything: CDC Edition
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Vaccine Passports Don’t Have to Work to Be Effective
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On the Pursuit of Tyrannical Policies and Zero-Risk Societies
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Air Pollution Kills Far More People Than COVID Ever Will
More than 10 million people die every year from a problem that doesn’t receive the attention it should.
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Three Essential Steps for India's COVID Vaccine Policy
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When It Comes to Vaccinations, More Is More
The FDA and CDC should worry less about sins of commission and more about sins of omission.
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No Hiding Place as Remote Working Exposes the Idlers
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What I Will Miss about My Pandemic Existence
In addition to huge social and economic disruptions, Covid-19 has caused many smaller, more personal changes.