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Rating California Counties On the Thoroughness of Their COVID-19 Data Dashboards
In terms of providing quality information that researchers, hospitals, public health officials, and taxpayers would find the most useful, the best portals are offered by San Diego, Santa Clara, San Mateo and Marin counties.
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State Unemployment Websites Crash as COVID-19 Shines Light on Government Technology Failures
States need to prioritize creating more functional, advanced, and robust government websites and services that meet the needs of the taxpayers who pay for them.
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Importance of Interstate Highways, Shipping and Trucking Highlighted By COVID-19 Crisis
Right now, we're realizing how important freight infrastructure, truckers, delivery drivers and warehouse workers are to all of us.
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Examining COVID-19 Shutdowns and Economic Tipping Points As Unemployment Skyrockets and Supply Chains Are Broken
At some point, the shutdowns won’t be temporary because supply chains will be broken and businesses will be permanently destroyed.
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The Economic Approach to Public Health and Epidemics
In the public goods approach, citizens are considered adults, each of whom is capable of determining what is good for himself.
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COVID-19’s Negative Impact on Public Pension Systems
In March, the California Public Employees’ Retirement System’s (CalPERS) reported asset value was $35 billion below where it was in June 2019.
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Surface Transportation News: Infrastructure Stimulus Bill, Highway Investment and COVID-19
Plus: How COVID-19 could change transportation, how Congress could foster productive investment in highways, priced managed lanes for Chicago, and more.
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Free Trade, Not Tariffs, Is How to Reduce the Medical Equipment Shortages Hurting the COVID-19 Response
The COVID-19 response effort is hurt by shortages of essential health care resources like ventilators, hand sanitizer, and personal protective equipment.
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Immigration Rules Block Thousands of Qualified Doctors and Nurses From Helping the US Fight COVID-19
“There are upwards of 15,000 qualified overseas nurses who have passed background checks and US licensure and English language proficiency tests but cannot get their visas processed.”
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Investment Risks and Volatility Plague Arkansas’ State Public Pension Plans
All stakeholders should press for meaningful change that will help ensure Arkansas public pensions remain sustainable, predictable and affordable for both current and future generations.
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How Data Transparency Can Help Fight COVID-19
To help make better-informed decisions about coronavirus, governments should be publishing comprehensive, machine-readable data sets.
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Examining Yavapai County and How Pension Debt Drives Rising Costs for Arizona Municipal Governments
Yavapai County’s total payments to ASRS and PSPRS have skyrocketed from about $587,000 per year in 2001 to over $8 million in 2018.
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Public Health Officials Far Too Often Ignore the Costs and Trade-Offs Involved In Policy Decisions
Public health theorists typically ignore that their proposed interventions have costs.
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Examining the City of Bisbee and How Pension Debt Drives Rising Costs for Arizona Municipal Governments
The city of Bisbee's total payments to ASRS and PSPRS have skyrocketed from about $100,000 per year in 2001 to over $1.6 million in 2018.
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COVID-19 Market Volatility Adds New Intensity to the US Virgin Islands’ Pension Crisis
The Virgin Islands is no more than a few years away from being unable to pay benefits to retired pensioners.
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Be Worried About the Economic Costs COVID-19 and Shutdowns Are Having on Workers and Small Businesses
It’s very plausible that the coronavirus pandemic could trigger a global depression.
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COVID-19 Crisis Shows Governments and Private Companies Spent a Decade Being Fiscally Irresponsible
We pretended the economy would never experience another shock, downturn or recession.
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It’s Time to Free the Pharmaceutical Market From Government Control
It’s the government’s fault that drug prices are so high.
