Mike Norman Economics

Lockdown and testing.ProMarket — The blog of the Stigler Center at the University of Chicago Booth School of BusinessWhy Mass Testing Is Crucial: the US Should Study the Veneto Model to Fight Covid-19Luigi Zingales | Professor of Finance at University of Chicago Booth School of Business

Not new news. The hybrid war between the US and China as been on for some time. Now it is heating up.The Vineyard of the SakerChina locked in hybrid war with USPepe Escobar

Just in case anyone is in desperate straits for keeping their mind occupied, writing is one possibility. Here is some high level advice. Feel free to ask questions in the comments... Bond EconomicsIn Quarantine And Want To Write A Book? Ask Me AnythingBrian Romanchuk

Vitamin D could stop the worst of COVID-19.Dr. Seheult also discusses compelling evidence about the possible role of Vitamin D (in proper dosage) in fighting acute respiratory infections like COVID-19. [embedded content]

Scientists advising the government say an aggressive new approach adopted to attempt to "suppress" the virus may have to be in place for 18 months. The UK only realised "in the last few days" that attempts to "mitigate" the impact of the coronavirus pandemic would not work, and that it needed to shift to a strategy to "suppress" the outbreak, according to a report by a team of experts who have been advising the government. The report, published by the Imperial College COVID-19 Response...

Cuban doctors and medicine to rescue the world from COVID-19 While the first clinical test for a Coronavirus vaccine started in the United States today, Cuba may have already developed a successful medicine able to cure COVID-19. The western world has been slow to recognize the potential that this small Caribbean nation is contributing to the biggest challenge the world has faced in a very long time. Could Cuba save Italy and the world from Coronavirus?

So much for safe haven.Sputnik InternationalBitcoin Tumbles 15%, Mirroring Slumps of Global Markets

It’s now cheaper to invest in renewable energy than coal in all major markets around the world—and more than half of existing coal plants are also more expensive to keep running than building new renewables, according to a new report. By 2030, the think tank estimates that new renewables will be cheaper than existing coal plants in all major markets.... Milestone.Fast CompanyFrom U.S. to Europe to China to Russia, renewables are now cheaper than coal Adele Peters

These morons are DESTROYING THE FREAKING ECONOMY!!

Life as we knew it is changing fast, almost by the hour. Most of my speaking engagements, which were heavily booked for the foreseeable future, have been cancelled or deferred. All the gigs that my band was booked for have been cancelled until people start returning to the now, empty venues. And, more significantly, the ideologues are giving way to the pragmatists in the policy space. Almost (see below). The sudden realisation that even Germany will now spend large amounts to protect their...