November 30, 2020 — As Joni Mitchell sang, “you don’t know what you’ve got ‘til it’s gone.” Classroom education was often deemed boring by students and obsolete by tech visionaries. Then the coronavirus made it difficult or impossible to meet in person. The result: We yearn for the irreplaceable in-class experience.
Perhaps the same is true of international economic cooperation.
October 29, 2020 — In a few days, Americans will choose a president. Polling suggests that voters favor former Vice-President Joseph Biden when it comes to social policy, foreign policy, the environment, and managing the pandemic, not to mention the question of personal character. But on economics, polls have reported that voters favored President Donald Trump, at least until recently.
A general impression that the US economy does better under Republicans is long-standing. The facts do not support it, however.