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 These briefs have been internally reviewed but not peer reviewed.
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Latest work in COVID-19 Crisis Response
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Running ahead of Pandemics: Achieving In-Advance Antiviral Drugs
- | Technology and Innovation Technology and Innovation
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How Drones Can Help Fight the Coronavirus
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COVID-19 and Pretrial Detention
- | Healthcare Healthcare
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The Coronavirus and Lessons for Preparedness
- | Regulation Regulation
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Relax Pharmacy Regulations to help with COVID-19 Testing and Treatment
- | Financial Markets Financial Markets
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Relief Fund Allocation Is No Place to Play Politics
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
The Way Forward
Policy proposals from the Mercatus Center to jump start America's economy now
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Why Are We Responding Slower Today Than during the Last Pandemic?
- | Corporate Welfare Corporate Welfare
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First, Do No Harm: Three Ways That Policymakers Can Make It Easier for Healthcare Professionals to Do Their Jobs
- | Healthcare Healthcare
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A Primer on Emergency Occupational Licensing Reforms for Combating COVID-19
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The Limits of Infrastructure Stimulus
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The Case against Bailing Out the Airline Industry
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The Problems with the Democrats’ New Proposal
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Emergency policy responses should be realistic
- | Healthcare Healthcare
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Use Surplus Federal Real Property to Expand Medical and Quarantine Capacity for COVID-19
- | Healthcare Healthcare
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Regulators Could Allow Early Use of COVID-19 Vaccine or Treatment
- | Healthcare Healthcare
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COVID-19 and the Future of the United States as a World Leader
- | Housing Housing
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
How Mortgages Can Ease the Downturn
- | Financial Markets Financial Markets
- | Policy Briefs Policy Briefs
Get Cash to More Families That Need It Now: Give Banks More Discretion to Make Home Equity Loans and Refinance Mortgages
Latest work in COVID-19 Crisis Response
- | Healthcare Healthcare
- | Policy Briefs Policy Briefs
Running ahead of Pandemics: Achieving In-Advance Antiviral Drugs
- | Technology and Innovation Technology and Innovation
- | Policy Briefs Policy Briefs
How Drones Can Help Fight the Coronavirus
- | Policy Briefs Policy Briefs
COVID-19 and Pretrial Detention
- | Healthcare Healthcare
- | Policy Briefs Policy Briefs
The Coronavirus and Lessons for Preparedness
- | Regulation Regulation
- | Policy Briefs Policy Briefs
Relax Pharmacy Regulations to help with COVID-19 Testing and Treatment
- | Financial Markets Financial Markets
- | Policy Briefs Policy Briefs
Relief Fund Allocation Is No Place to Play Politics
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
The Way Forward
Policy proposals from the Mercatus Center to jump start America's economy now
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Why Are We Responding Slower Today Than during the Last Pandemic?
- | Corporate Welfare Corporate Welfare
- | Policy Briefs Policy Briefs
First, Do No Harm: Three Ways That Policymakers Can Make It Easier for Healthcare Professionals to Do Their Jobs
- | Healthcare Healthcare
- | Policy Briefs Policy Briefs
A Primer on Emergency Occupational Licensing Reforms for Combating COVID-19
- | Policy Briefs Policy Briefs
The Limits of Infrastructure Stimulus
- | Policy Briefs Policy Briefs
The Case against Bailing Out the Airline Industry
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
The Problems with the Democrats’ New Proposal
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Emergency policy responses should be realistic
- | Healthcare Healthcare
- | Policy Briefs Policy Briefs
Use Surplus Federal Real Property to Expand Medical and Quarantine Capacity for COVID-19
- | Healthcare Healthcare
- | Policy Briefs Policy Briefs
Regulators Could Allow Early Use of COVID-19 Vaccine or Treatment
- | Healthcare Healthcare
- | Policy Briefs Policy Briefs
COVID-19 and the Future of the United States as a World Leader
- | Housing Housing
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
How Mortgages Can Ease the Downturn
- | Financial Markets Financial Markets
- | Policy Briefs Policy Briefs