Outside the Beltway

A George Mason economist has an intriguing idea but maybe he has it backwards.

An interesting proposal to improve tax collection.

Pandemic-induced recession? What pandemic-induced recession?

The quasi-monopoly power of the world’s largest bookstore is problematic. Maybe.

The job losses and hit to the service sector is well documented. But trade has radically shifted, too.

The fear of missing out is strong.

Now, we’re just haggling over price.

Amazon is using its dominant position to shut down a right-wing social platform.

Thus far, Disney+ and HBO Max are additive rather than cannibalizing competing services.

The days of one-stop media shopping are long gone.

More packages are being mailed than ever and USPS can’t keep up.

Another unassailable if boring cabinet choice.

Already-high rates have been exacerbated by the pandemic.

Are those with kids getting over?

The online behemoth is consolidating its market position during the pandemic.

“We are a cancer and there is no cure,”

It’s much easier to fund bad information than good.

A world in which we’re all contractors is a dystopian utopia.

An unintended consequence of the Cares Act.

The venerable apparel company is having a hard go of it.

The emotional and economic impact of the pandemic is hitting women especially hard.

Nike and FedEx may be able to do what Native American activists couldn’t.

An ad boycott has the Facebook co-founder down to his last $82.3 billion.

The Commonwealth is the first state in the nation to issue regulations.

A brand dating back to 1889 is being retired.

The lockdowns are ending and likely not coming back.

The venerable magazine is following industry trends. Is the billionaire owner a monster?

More Americans are out of work than at any time since the Great Depression.

Some inchorent musings about a massive question.

Contrary to some expectations, Americans are logging three extra hours of work a day.

We’re putting people in an impossible position.

Unintended consequences of a necessary policy.

Or just a bump in the road?

A well-intentioned idea that may be out of hand.

It’s not greedy hoarders after all.

Progressive policy and constituent interests collide.

Everything is easier with money.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Finally.

The President tweeted, “We cannot let the cure be worse than the problem itself.”

American’s online sales leader is straining under the social distancing regime.

This is no ordinary recession.

While the impulse is understandable, it defeats the purpose.

Richard Burr, Jim Inhofe, David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler should go to jail.

Social distancing is a lot easier when you’re affluent.

A sign of the times.

Listen to this guy.

Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos alone have lost $15 billion in net worth since January.

People who should know better are making ridiculous claims.

The greatest crisis the nation has faced in my lifetime.