Ezra Klein
Founder and editor-at-large, Vox.com. "Why We're Polarized," coming January: Whywerepolarized.com Podcasts: applepodcasts.com/ezraklein
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FeedER organized by Ayelet Waldman
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This is a great project by @ayeletw and others to simultaneously keep East Bay restaurants alive and support the ER and ICU workers who're doing so much to help so many right now. If you're in the area, consider donating, if you can.
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‘It's a sh-- sandwich': Republicans rage as Florida becomes a nightmare for Trump
Thousands are struggling just to apply for unemployment benefits.
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Florida Republicans built the state unemployment system to be difficult to use, with the intention of keeping people from using it.
Then they realized Republicans were also people.
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The Most Important Number for Trump’s Reelection Chances
The rate that the economy is collapsing is one of the strongest predictors of whether an incumbent will win again.
What social solidarity demands of us in a pandemic
Sociologist Eric Klinenberg on why social distancing isn’t enough
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"I’ve been frustrated with this language of social distancing because it seems to imply that we’re only going get through this if we turn our backs on one another — and especially turn our backs on the people who are most vulnerable," says @ErikKlinenberg
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"When you need people to make compromises and deep sacrifices in their personal life for the good of the collective, you need some sense of a collective to draw on," says Klinenberg.
He explains how build that sense of collective, now and going forward
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12 things everyone needs to know about the coronavirus pandemic
How deadly is the coronavirus? How is it transmitted? And answers to more questions about the pandemic, explained.
11 questions about the coronavirus economic crisis you were too embarrassed to ask
From how to think about the stock market to what to do if you lose your job, here’s what you need to know about coronavirus and the economy.
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This is a very useful mixture of big-picture economic analysis and directly answering questions about how people can get the economic help they need
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'It is impossible for us to stop the spread’: Nursing homes overwhelmed by coronavirus
Coronavirus cases are increasing so rapidly that one New York nursing home CEO is advising families to take their loved ones home if possible.
New unemployment claims surge to record-high 6.6 million
A completely unprecedented economic collapse.
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This is just horrifying. I still don't think Washington is even contemplating economic policy proportionate to the pain we're facing. vox.com/2020/4/2/21203… pic.twitter.com/kRGnu4EzL7
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How the 2014 Christian film God’s Not Dead became a hit and spawned an ideological empire
The massively successful indie foretold the future of entertainment.
Nursing home lockdowns are forcing families to say goodbye
"If he passes, I don’t even know how I’ll get through that."
Coronavirus could lead to the highest unemployment levels since the Great Depression
The upcoming jobs report will be far too rosy. The reality is much grimmer.
"Shelter in place" is impossible if you can’t afford a home
If we don’t protect America’s homeless from coronavirus, we all pay the price.
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The homelessness crisis is worsening the coronavirus crisis. And coronavirus is worsening the homelessness crisis.
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We can do it: A wartime-style mobilization to beat coronavirus and mass unemployment
A coronavirus depression isn’t inevitable.
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Extended mass economic suffering is a choice, not an inevitability. Policymakers can choose another path — economic mobilization, not just rescue.
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What both the left and the right get wrong about the coronavirus economic crisis
Financial historian Adam Tooze on the lessons policymakers need to learn, and fast.
The debate over ending social distancing to save the economy, explained
Is the cure worse than the disease?
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At the core of this debate is perhaps the most stunning and dangerous abdication of presidential leadership in the modern era.
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Israelis are being told to stay within 100 yards of their homes or face fines or even imprisonment.
Does Trump believe that’s because Benjamin Netanyahu is watching too much MSNBC?
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How the Pandemic Will End
The U.S. may end up with the worst Covid-19 outbreak in the industrialized world. This is how it’s going to play out.
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Actually, two more, as I'm increasingly convinced people will believe that there's a choice between our economy and our lives until they can imagine the post-social distancing world. First, this @edyong209 piece is as good as everyone says it is
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Economic Strategy Group Statement on COVID-19 Pandemic and Economic Crisis • The Aspen Institute Economic Strategy Group
Saving lives and saving the economy are not in conflict.
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And my must-read for today: "Saving lives and saving the economy are not in conflict right now; we will hasten the return to robust economic activity by taking steps to stem the spread of the virus and save lives."
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A Covid-19 reading list for March 25
Want to stay up-to-date on coronavirus? Here’s what we’re reading.
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And if you're looking for some reading/listening, here's a list from yesterday: vox.com/2020/3/25/2119…
We'll use this thread, in part, to make a new one for today.
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The Ezra Klein Show: Is the cure worse than the disease? on Apple Podcasts
Show The Ezra Klein Show, Ep Is the cure worse than the disease? - Mar 25, 2020
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On today's EK Show, I talked to @jasonfurman about whether this "your economy or your life" choice is backed up by economists, and with bioethicist @fadenethx about the moral frameworks we need for the brutal choices that do need to be made.
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Social distancing can’t last forever. Here’s what should come next.
Scientists explain the moon-shot level effort needed to end social distancing, and this pandemic. Will leaders listen?
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What comes after social distancing?
This is the big question, and one reason the "cure is worse than the disease" rhetoric has taken hold is that it hasn't been answered clearly by political leaders. People need to know there's a plan beyond lockdown
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Second, @B_resnick talked to an array of public health experts on how to move from "sledgehammer to scalpel," and clearly shows what it would look like — and, more pessimistically, what we need to do to get there that we're not doing
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