"An...effort is needed now, both to help win the global war against COVID-19 and to ensure that nothing like this ever happens again.”
"With the pandemic...we waited until disaster struck before finally acting. When it comes to climate change, we do not have that luxury."
"...the US is also a country where policymaking in at least three areas may be headed in a less confrontational and more positive direction."
"Eradication will be a long haul. Combining vaccination, testing, and other mitigation measures is essential to getting there."
...synthetic biology...is best placed for the “great invention” status that comes from improving the material conditions of billions of lives.
“Almost everything about your computer today — and the way you use it — stems from government funding at the early stages."
Joe Biden tapped Professors Gary Gensler and Simon Johnson for his agency review teams.
Allison Schrager discusses debts, fiscal policy, and the future of financial markets in the aftermath of today's crises with Simon Johnson.
Work by Acemoglu and Johnson has found a further element of randomness which may explain contemporary patterns of wealth and poverty.
"The US has everything any country needs to contain the pandemic – except the leadership to get it done."
