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"A modern economy needs child care as much as, maybe even more than, these airlines. And therefore it should be one of our first priorities in terms of industry support." Betsey Stevenson explains how a gendered shutdown, state and local government cuts, and childcare failures are forcing women out of the workforce.
The New Yorker
"[GDP numbers] are backward-looking, and what they are basically going to tell us is that the economy grew quickly last quarter. But it grew quickly from a devastating and brutal quarter before that. We haven't recovered from the pandemic, and there are still over 11 million unemployed people in the U.S." Dean Michael S. Barr on the U.S.'s GDP surge.
Fox Business News
"Statistics that we are used to using for small and slow movements are basically broken when it comes to looking at large and rapid movements. Typically a recession plays out over many quarters. This one played out over many weeks. So looking at the data through the lens of quarterly data misses all the action." Justin Wolfers on misleading quarterly economic data.
New York Times
"During this historic crisis, the State of Michigan has mounted as aggressive a response as any state in the union. Millions of Michiganders who were impacted directly are better off for it, as is the state as a whole. We should stand up and take notice, and we should expect that our state leadership show this kind of action on behalf of families, always." H. Luke Shaefer on Michigan's responses to COVID-19.
Bridge Michigan
A convoy of trucks in Portland flying the American flag "reminded me of the scenes of ISIS mobilizing in armored columns in Mosul. And I thought, ‘Wow, this is the United States, and yet we're seeing something that has the iconography of terrorism overseas.' It's unprecedented … and it's a real sort of challenge: What is the line between protected activity for U.S. citizens and what's the line into something that looks like terrorism?" Javed Ali on the alleged plot by a far-right group against Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer.
Christian Science Monitor
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