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Find the latest work from the Mercatus Center in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the novel coronavirus causing it.

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Tyler Cowen
Holbert L. Harris Chair of Economics at George Mason University
David Beckworth
Senior Research Fellow
Shruti Rajagopalan
Senior Research Fellow, Indian Political Economy and Emergent Ventures India
Scott Sumner
Ralph G. Hawtrey Chair of Monetary Policy
Veronique de Rugy
Senior Research Fellow
Daniel Griswold
Senior Research Fellow
Donald J. Boudreaux
Senior Fellow, F. A. Hayek Program for Advanced Study in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics
Christine McDaniel
Senior Research Fellow
Robert Graboyes
Senior Research Fellow
Jared Rhoads
Senior Affiliated Scholar
Darcy N. Bryan, MD
Senior Affiliated Scholar

Expert Commentary
Small-Business Finance
Make It Easy for Startups to Sell Stock
Andrew N. Vollmer
September 21, 2020
Expert Commentary
Regulation
How Regulatory Reform Can Help Drive the Economic Recovery
National Review
James Broughel
September 15, 2020
Expert Commentary
COVID-19
Is the Tide of Economic Activity Going Out or Coming In?
Washington Examiner
Bruce Yandle
September 14, 2020
Expert Commentary
Ideas & Culture
How to Be Happy During a Pandemic
Bloomberg
Tyler Cowen
September 13, 2020
Expert Commentary
COVID-19
Coase and COVID
American Institute for Economic Research
Donald J. Boudreaux, Lyle Albaugh
September 10, 2020
Expert Commentary
Ideas & Culture
One Cheer for COVID Cranks, Two Cheers for the Dissenters
Daniel M. Rothschild
September 8, 2020
Expert Commentary
COVID-19
Will Coronavirus Unemployment Cause Riots?
Al Arabiya
Omar Ahmad Al-Ubaydli
September 5, 2020
Radio Appearance
COVID-19
Salim Furth on The Lars Larson Show - Eviction Moratorium
September 2, 2020
Expert Commentary
COVID-19
Coronavirus Causes Women Short-Term Pain, but May Lead to Long-Term Gains
Al Arabiya
Omar Ahmad Al-Ubaydli
September 1, 2020
Expert Commentary
COVID-19
Sweden’s High COVID Death Rates Among the Nordics: “Dry Tinder” and Other Important Factors
American Institute for Economic Research
Daniel Klein, Christian Bjørnskov, Joakim Book
August 29, 2020

Working Papers
COVID-19 Economic Recovery
The Fiscal Cost of COVID-19
Christos A. Makridis, Robert M. McNab
August 11, 2020
Policy Briefs
COVID-19 Economic Recovery
COVID-19 and K–12 School Reopening: A Simple Information Provision Proposal
Michael Lachanski
August 3, 2020
Policy Briefs
COVID-19 Economic Recovery
How COVID-19 Is Affecting Social Security Benefits, and What to Do about It
Charles Blahous
July 29, 2020
Working Papers
Healthcare
Examining Certificate-of-Need Laws in the Context of the Rural Health Crisis
Thomas Stratmann, Matthew C. Baker
July 29, 2020
Policy Briefs
COVID-19 Economic Recovery
Pandemic Recovery and State and Local Pension Reform
Eileen Norcross, Emily Hamilton
July 29, 2020
Working Papers
COVID-19 Economic Recovery
COVID-19 and the Fed’s Credit Policy
Robert L. Hetzel
July 28, 2020
Federal Testimony
Corporate Welfare
Congress Should Reflect on Past Financial Relief Before Providing More
Veronique de Rugy
July 28, 2020
Research Papers
Corporate Welfare
An Interstate Compact to End the Economic Development Subsidy Arms Race
Michael D. Farren, Matthew D. Mitchell
July 23, 2020
Journal Articles
Regulation
The Mortality Cost of Expenditures
James Broughel, W. Kip Viscusi
July 21, 2020
Wiley Online Journal
Policy Briefs
Healthcare
Improving Healthcare Access in the States after COVID-19
Jared Rhoads, Darcy N. Bryan, MD, Robert Graboyes
July 15, 2020

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Federal Testimony
Corporate Welfare
Congress Should Reflect on Past Financial Relief Before Providing More
Veronique de Rugy
July 28, 2020

Expert Commentary
Small-Business Finance
Make It Easy for Startups to Sell Stock
Andrew N. Vollmer
September 21, 2020
Expert Commentary
Regulation
How Regulatory Reform Can Help Drive the Economic Recovery
National Review
James Broughel
September 15, 2020
Expert Commentary
COVID-19
Is the Tide of Economic Activity Going Out or Coming In?
Washington Examiner
Bruce Yandle
September 14, 2020
Expert Commentary
Ideas & Culture
How to Be Happy During a Pandemic
Bloomberg
Tyler Cowen
September 13, 2020
Expert Commentary
COVID-19
Coase and COVID
American Institute for Economic Research
Donald J. Boudreaux, Lyle Albaugh
September 10, 2020
Expert Commentary
Ideas & Culture
One Cheer for COVID Cranks, Two Cheers for the Dissenters
Daniel M. Rothschild
September 8, 2020
Expert Commentary
COVID-19
Will Coronavirus Unemployment Cause Riots?
Al Arabiya
Omar Ahmad Al-Ubaydli
September 5, 2020
Expert Commentary
COVID-19
Coronavirus Causes Women Short-Term Pain, but May Lead to Long-Term Gains
Al Arabiya
Omar Ahmad Al-Ubaydli
September 1, 2020
Expert Commentary
COVID-19
Sweden’s High COVID Death Rates Among the Nordics: “Dry Tinder” and Other Important Factors
American Institute for Economic Research
Daniel Klein, Christian Bjørnskov, Joakim Book
August 29, 2020
Expert Commentary
COVID-19
Economics Show Why Politicians' Mask Mandates Don't Work
The Detroit News
Steven Horwitz, Donald J. Boudreaux
August 26, 2020