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Tag Archives: covid

Money, Velocity, Levels, and Changes

Posted on June 30, 2022 by Tony Lima — Leave a reply

Why did velocity decrease during the pandemic? What was the impact on monetary policy? How is the growth rate of M2 related to its level? Continue Reading →

Posted in Current issues, Economic basics | Tagged change, covid, featured, level, money, velocity | Leave a reply
North American Migration Map How States Are Recovering From COVID

How States Are Recovering From COVID

Posted on April 17, 2022 by Tony Lima

You will immediately recognize the problem. GDP growth includes population growth. We almost always look at GDP per capita. Continue Reading →

Posted in California Economy, Economic Data | Tagged covid, economic recovery, featured, state GDP
Mortality 16-17 COVID and kids

COVID and Kids

Posted on November 2, 2021 by Tony Lima

The data on COVID and kids suggest spending more on protecting kids from accidents, homicides, and suicides. Masking is worse than useless. Continue Reading →

Posted in COVID, Economic Data | Tagged covid, featured, kids, mortality by cause and age group
How the Government Screwed Up COVID-19 Data COVID virus

Good Policies for Managing COVID in Offices

Posted on October 13, 2021 by Tony Lima

Jenne Raub posted a Twitter thread with excellent advice for office managers dealing with COVID issues. There’s some great advice here. Continue Reading →

Posted in COVID | Tagged company policies, covid, featured, offices
Mock and Rob COVID eviction moratorium fraud

COVID Eviction Moratorium Fraud

Posted on August 3, 2021 by Tony Lima

The COVID eviction moratorium fraud story broke on the Mock ‘n’ Rob podcast August 3. From PA: there is a surge in home buyers from NY. Continue Reading →

Posted in COVID, Current issues | Tagged covid, eviction, featured, fraud, MocknRob, moratorium

Biden Administration COVID Policies Are Racist

Posted on August 3, 2021 by Tony Lima

The Biden administration COVID policies are racist. That’s the argument advanced by Rav Arora, an active member of the commentariat. Continue Reading →

Posted in COVID, Current issues | Tagged Arora, Bidel, covid, featured, racist
CDC bad math

CDC estimated a one-year decline in life expectancy in 2020. Not so — try five days

Posted on July 23, 2021 by Tony Lima

In plain English, Mr. Bach explains how the CDC calculated the change in life expectancy, why it was wrong, and then fixes their math.  Continue Reading →

Posted in Math Is Hard | Tagged CDC, covid, featured, life expectancy
How the Government Screwed Up COVID-19 Data

How the Government Screwed Up COVID-19 Data

Posted on July 11, 2021 by Tony Lima

This is public health malpractice. We still do not know why some 40-year-olds end up in the hospital while others spend a day or two in bed. Continue Reading →

Posted in COVID, Economic Data | Tagged covid, featured, higher rates, noisy data
COVID Deaths in the Older Population

COVID Deaths in the Older Population

Posted on June 6, 2021 by Tony Lima

Almost everyone has seen the controversies about which states have done better and which have done worse handling the COVID pandemic.  A good measure is looking at how the most Continue Reading →

Posted in COVID | Tagged covid, death rate, elderly, featured
Casey Mulligan

Casey Mulligan on School Reopening

Posted on July 26, 2020 by Tony Lima

He recently published a Twitter thread about school reopening.  Read carefully.  Then ask yourself if the camp should have closed the sailing school at all. Continue Reading →

Posted in Current issues, The state of the economy | Tagged Casey Mulligan, covid, featured, school reopening

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