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Are We Falling Behind on R&D?

Alex Tabarrok is unhappy about the amount of money we’re spending on R&D to fight COVID-19: The latest relief bill contains another $320 billion in small business relief and $25 billion for testing. Finally, we get some serious money to actually fight the virus. But as Paul Romer pointed out on twitter, this is less…

The Latest Injection of Trump Tweets Won’t Cure His Embarrassment

Chris Kleponis/Zuma For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.As Americans continued to roll their eyes at his comments about injecting disinfectant to kill the coronavirus, President Donald Trump mainlined a fresh dose of misinformation and grievance into his Twitter stream yesterday. First, he continued to try to relitigate…