COVID-19 Crisis Response
This special policy brief series is intended to promote effective ideas among key decision-makers in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. These briefs have been internally reviewed but not peer reviewed.
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Evidence Shows Philadelphia’s Indoor Vaccine Mandate Didn’t Work | InsideSources
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The Scandalous Effects of Nursing Home Isolation During COVID-19 | The Hill
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Effectiveness of Vaccine Mandates | Fox News Radio
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Indoor Vaccine Mandates in US Cities, Vaccination Behavior, and COVID-19 Outcomes
During the pandemic, many of the largest cities in the United States introduced vaccine mandates. Their goal? To increase the
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Will a Post-COVID-19 Government Be Held Accountable? | Creators
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The COVID-19 Pandemic and the ‘Tyranny of Tiny Risks’
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Eradication of COVID Is a Dangerous and Expensive Fantasy
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What We Learned Doing Fast Grants
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Permanent Crisis Management, the Rule of Law, and Universal Basic Income
As a response to the COVID-19 crisis, governments have turned to various discretionary measures such as cash transfers to
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Words Speak Louder Than Numbers
It is widely suspected that the Chinese government’s official count of diagnosed COVID-19 cases understates the extent of the
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The PPP Loan Program Left Too Many American Small Businesses Out to Dry
Matthew Mitchell and Tad Dehaven discuss the Paycheck Protection Program, the problems with the program, and potential
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The U.K.’s Response to Covid-19 Has Been World-Class
Tyler Cowen looks at what the British have done to slow the spread and stop the coronavirus and how they could be the country to
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State and Local Governments Could Learn From Crises
Veronique de Rugy looks at state bailouts and argues against rescuing states that failed to prepare for crises.Read more in
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The Most Predictable Story of This Pandemic
Veronique de Rugy discusses the government's failure to properly distribute CARES Act funds.Read it in National Review Online.
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As Bastiat Would Say, Peer Past the Obvious With Pandemic Policies
Veronique de Rugy draws on the teachings of Fredric Bastiat and show the importance of accounting for unseen consequences in
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Export-Import Bank Still the Bank of Boeing
Veronique de Rugy looks at the new programs by the Export-Import Bank and how they serve special interests.Read more in National
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The ExIm Bank is Still the Bank of Boeing
Veronique de Rugy reviews the recent coronavirus relief proposals by the Export-Import Bank.Read more at the American Institute
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How Agencies Can Help Small Business
Richard Williams evaluates the different ways government agencies can reduce the regulatory burden on small businesses.Read more
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The Three Best and Worst Ideas of the Crisis
Veronique de Rugy examines the different policy responses to the coronavirus and highlights effective and ineffective ideas.Read