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Congress Should Focus on Pandemic Control and Fix the CARES Act for an Economic Rebound
From the Key Takeaways: "[1] Congress must focus on containing the coronavirus through targeted, temporary measures that keep workers attached to employers and avert widespread business failures. [2] Stimulus spending on unrelated projects would do nothing to reduce the virus's spread and will likely impede an economic recovery. [3] While the American people fight the pandemic, Congress should resist further policy mistakes and fix problems introduced in the hastily drafted CARES Act [Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act]."
Heritage Foundation (Washington, D.C.)
Boccia, Romina; Burke, Lindsey; Burton, David R. . . .
2020-04-02
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Defeating COVID-19--What Policymakers Can Do to Change the Conditions on the Ground
From the Key Takeaways: "[1] The battle against COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] will be won or lost on the ground. State and local officials must lead, with the federal government offering resources and support. [2] In tailoring strategies for their states and communities, these officials should consider approaches that have succeeded in other countries. [3] The primary goal is to halt the spread of COVID-19 as soon as possible and allow Americans to return to a more social, and productive, economic life."
Heritage Foundation (Washington, D.C.)
Moffit, Robert E.; Badger, Doug
2020-04-09
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Holding the Chinese Communist Party Accountable for Its Response to the COVID-19 Outbreak
From the Key Takeaways: "[1] Since the pandemic began, China's Communist Party (CCP) has distorted facts about COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] and repressed freedom, limiting crucial information about the virus. [2] The CCP's actions severely limited the world's knowledge about the virus and hampered other countries' abilities to respond to domestic outbreaks. [3] The U.S. should press for an international investigation into the CCP's response and consider invoking sanctions against those responsible for the cover-up."
Heritage Foundation (Washington, D.C.)
Enos, Olivia
2020-05-12
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Potential Long-Term Economic Consequences of the Federal Response to the COVID-19 Lockdowns
From the Key Takeaways: "[1] Widespread COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] lockdowns prompted the federal government to adopt risky fiscal and monetary policies to mitigate historic economic damage. [2] Current deficits and debt are insufficient measures of government financial sustainability, but pre-virus fiscal and monetary conditions were already problematic. [3] For a stronger recovery, policymakers should reconsider widespread lockdowns, curb new borrowing, normalize monetary policy, and reform entitlement programs."
Heritage Foundation (Washington, D.C.)
Badger, Doug; Winfree, Paul L.; Michel, Norbert J.
2020-06-04
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How the Chinese Government Undermined the Chinese People's Attempts to Prevent and Respond to COVID-19
From the Key Takeaways: "[1] To save face, Beijing silenced those making early warnings about COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019]--and may have enabled the coronavirus to spread more quickly. [2] Recent history suggests Beijing will continue to punish whistleblowers and sideline civil society organizations in favor of a heavy-handed government response. [3] The U.S. government should press Beijing to respect freedom of speech, association, and religion so citizens and NGOs [non-government organizations] can offer information, expertise, and resources."
Heritage Foundation (Washington, D.C.)
Enos, Olivia
2020-04-06
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How States Can Address Their COVID-19 Budget Shortfalls Without Federal Bailouts
From the Key Takeaways: "[1] Bailing out states for reckless policy decisions would likely delay economic recovery, cause blatant inequities, and shift the costs to all taxpayers. [2] Instead of relying on a federal bailout, states can address near-term budget shortfalls by enacting sound policies that also generate long-term benefits. [3] States should safely re-open parts of society, scale back spending increases, encourage employment opportunities, and reform broken pension plans."
Heritage Foundation (Washington, D.C.)
Greszler, Rachel
2020-06-08
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Responding to COVID-19 in Southeast Asia
From the Key Takeaways: "[1] Southeast Asia has a broad spectrum of responses to the coronavirus, from the well-prepared in Singapore to the woefully inadequate in Cambodia. [2] The U.S. should examine its current aid portfolios--especially for poorer countries--and consider whether it can give more aid to its friends in Southeast Asia. [3] The U.S. should support the most vulnerable countries, condemn political weaponization of the virus, and promote freedom of information and strong civil societies."
Heritage Foundation (Washington, D.C.)
Enos, Olivia
2020-04-14
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Sound Policy Responses to the Economic Consequences of the Coronavirus
From the Key Takeaways: "[1] Any policy response to the adverse economic consequences of the coronavirus pandemic should be targeted, temporary, and directed at aiding public health efforts. [2] Congress should not exploit a crisis by bailing out special interests or handing out favors to those seeking to achieve policy aims unrelated to the outbreak. [3] An 'epidemic tax credit' for private firms in epidemic areas would help provide flexible paid leave, aid public health efforts, and reduce the risk of infection."
Heritage Foundation (Washington, D.C.)
Sheppard, Parker; Burton, David R.; Michel, Norbert J. . . .
2020-03-11
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Commonsense Approach for Testing in a Pandemic
From the Key Takeaways: "[1] As researchers work to develop a vaccine and effective therapies for COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019], it is essential that states deploy appropriate testing to protect Americans. [2] States should focus on diagnostic tests to determine who has COVID-19, antibody tests to determine who had it, and random sampling tests to find disease prevalence. [3] Public buy-in is critical for testing programs to succeed. Officials should clearly outline goals, logistics, and candidates for testing."
Heritage Foundation (Washington, D.C.)
Johnson, Daniel H.; Anderson, Amy
2020-06-10
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2019 Coronavirus: How to Think About it and How to Respond
From the Key Takeaways: "[1] It is important to place the coronavirus epidemic in the proper context and identify important steps to reduce the chances it becomes a global pandemic. [2] To minimize the spread of a potential epidemic, a host country must respond rapidly and be fully transparent with its citizens and the international community. [3] The Trump Administration is moving in the right direction by creating a task force on the virus--but must push for a more effective 'whole of government' approach."
Heritage Foundation (Washington, D.C.)
Brookes, Peter
2020-02-03
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Schooling During the COVID-19 Pandemic: How Emergency Education Savings Accounts Can Meet the Needs of Every American Child
From the Key Takeaways: "[1] Millions of families across the U.S. have been thrown into a 'homeschool trial by fire' because of closed schools during the coronavirus pandemic. [2] District, state, and federal officials need to rapidly implement policies that can ease the transition for children to learn at home. [3] Emergency education savings accounts (ESAs) are the best way to give parents access to learning alternatives for their children during this global crisis."
Heritage Foundation (Washington, D.C.)
Burke, Lindsey
2020-03-20
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Quad Should Promote Economic Freedom for a Quick COVID-19 Recovery
From the Key Takeaways: "[1] The Quadrilateral Strategic Dialogue between the U.S., Australia, Japan, and India has potential to become an even more powerful Indo-Pacific economic partnership. [2] Members of the Quad should focus now on working together to speed the economic recovery from the coronavirus while emphasizing economic freedom. [3] Quad members should prioritize economic freedom at home, remove barriers to trade and investment, and invest in strategic pursuits like the Blue Dot Network."
Heritage Foundation (Washington, D.C.)
Walters, Riley
2020-05-12
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COVID-19 Pandemic Underscores the Necessity of a Renewed U.S. Effort to Promote Economic Freedom in Africa
From the Key Takeaways: "[1] The coronavirus pandemic is wounding many African economies. Recovery will require a private sector freed from burdensome regulatory environments. [2] The U.S. should focus its Africa initiatives on promoting economic freedom, advancing free market policies, and promoting a strong and vibrant private sector. [3] The U.S. should rapidly implement the Prosper Africa initiative, plan a private sector-focused leaders forum, and prioritize African regulatory reform initiatives."
Heritage Foundation (Washington, D.C.)
Kim, Anthony B.; Meservey, Josh
2020-05-18
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How Congress Can Enable the Great American Economic Recovery
From the Key Takeaways: "[1] When stay-at-home orders can be lifted safely, the private sector will drive economic recovery, provided that bad policy does not get in the way. [2] Government-directed economic activity, misguided stimulus, poorly targeted checks, and unrelated state bailouts will derail the great American economic recovery. [3] To enable a quicker, stronger rebound, Congress should avoid economic distortions and remove barriers to working, hiring, entrepreneurship, and investment."
Heritage Foundation (Washington, D.C.)
Michel, Adam; Boccia, Romina
2020-04-30
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Impact of Additional Unemployment Insurance Benefits on Employment and Economic Recovery: How the $600-per-Week Bonus Could Backfire
From the Key Takeaways: "[1] Much of the CARES Act [Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act] attempts to keep workers connected to employers during the crisis--but the $600 unemployment bonus is incentivizing job losses. [2] The extra $600 per-week benefit could increase unemployment by 13.9 million, and reduce GDP by up to $1.49 trillion. [3] To help Americans stay employed, and to mitigate the economic downturn, lawmakers should cap unemployment benefits at no more than 100 percent of wages."
Heritage Foundation (Washington, D.C.)
Greszler, Rachel; Gonshorowski, Drew
2020-04-29
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False Promise of Stimulus Spending: Lessons from the Great Recession
From the Key Takeaways: "[1] History shows governments cannot spend their way into economic recovery; stimulus measures are at best ineffective and at worst, delay recovery. [2] As economic damage is realized across the country, calls for more aggressive federal programs will increase in intensity. [3] Congress should consider past stimulus failures and allow the private sector to drive recovery by removing barriers to investment, work, production, and trade."
Heritage Foundation (Washington, D.C.)
Michel, Adam
2020-05-06
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Financial Crisis Looming for K-12 Schools? Flexibility Needed, Not Bailouts
From the Key Takeaways: "[1] Special-interest lobbyists want lawmakers to spend triple the annual amount of federal spending on K-12 [kindergarten-twelfth grade] schools. [2] These groups have a history of making financial requests that do not match either available resources or school needs. [3] Policymakers should reject these demands and extend the spending flexibility afforded to schools through the CARES Act [Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act]."
Heritage Foundation (Washington, D.C.)
Butcher, Jonathan
2020-04-17
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State Bailouts Create Poor Incentives, Do Not Fix Underlying Problems
From the Key Takeaways: "[1] Congress should not provide additional funds to cover states' budget shortfalls. [2] Federal bailouts make funding shortfalls worse, and would set a dangerous precedent for trillion-dollar bailouts of pension systems and other state liabilities. [3] Congress should provide states with additional budget flexibility by removing existing unfunded mandates."
Heritage Foundation (Washington, D.C.)
Michel, Adam
2020-04-17
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Liability Protections Are Critical to Ensuring Economic Recovery
From the Key Takeaways: "[1] The COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] pandemic is likely to create a surge in tort litigation accusing businesses of improper pandemic mitigation measures. [2] It is important for the reopening of our national economy that businesses be able to operate without undue fear of frivolous lawsuits. [3] The White House and Congress should therefore work together to establish effective and appropriate liability limits."
Heritage Foundation (Washington, D.C.)
Finch, Brian
2020-05-04
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Senate's Coronavirus Bill: Bailouts, Missed Opportunities, and Positive Reforms
From the Key Takeaways: "[1] Congress's response to the economic consequences of the coronavirus should be targeted, temporary, and directed at public health efforts while limiting political abuse. [2] While the CARES [Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security] Act includes positive reforms, providing $200 billion in bailouts to select industries fails to meet these targeted and temporary objectives. [3] The Senate must significantly reform these special benefits to limit abuse, reduce the need for bailouts, and get aid directly to affected workers."
Heritage Foundation (Washington, D.C.)
Burke, Lindsey; Burton, David R.; Fishpaw, Marie . . .
2020-03-20
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Policymakers Should Adapt COVID-19 Responses to the Evidence
From the Key Takeaways: "[1] Widespread COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] lockdown measures were instituted largely to prevent hospitals from being overrun by infected patients. [2] With the pandemic spread unevenly across the country, new data suggest that broad lockdowns are not needed in most places, and insufficient in hot spots. [3] Policymakers should shift to responsible re-opening with traditional public health interventions in hot spots, with special protections in nursing homes."
Heritage Foundation (Washington, D.C.)
Michel, Norbert J.; Badger, Doug
2020-05-23
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Coronavirus: Policymakers Should Augment Hospital Capacity Where Needed, Not Mandate Permanent Excess Capacity
From the Document: "Although all U.S. states have reported cases of COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019], the distribution is currently heavily concentrated in a small number of states, and among a small number of counties within those states. For instance, as of April 14, the State of New York accounts for 34 percent of all reported U.S. cases, of which 45 percent are in New York and New Jersey. Table 1 also demonstrates that just 10 states account for 75 percent of all U.S. cases, of which 90 percent are found in just 20 states. Likewise, 54 percent of the total COVID-19 deaths are in New York and New Jersey, and two-thirds are in just five states--New York, New Jersey, Michigan, California, and Louisiana. Given the overall level of case concentration across the states, it is not surprising that 80 percent of the total COVID-19 deaths are in just 10 states, and 93 percent are in 20 states."
Heritage Foundation (Washington, D.C.)
Badger, Doug; Michel, Norbert J.
2020-04-16
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Challenges of Forecasting the Spread and Mortality of COVID-19
From the Key Takeaways: "[1] While statistical models can be useful tools for tracking COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019], they are only as accurate as the input assumptions, which depend on continually changing data. [2] Widespread, randomized testing is critical to generating credible forecasts and developing a full understanding of the disease. [3] To make well-informed decisions, policymakers must use a range of forecasts and fully understand how sensitive models are to the smallest changes in assumptions."
Heritage Foundation (Washington, D.C.)
Dayaratna, Kevin D.; Michel, Norbert J.
2020-04-15
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Cost of Coronavirus Shutdown Orders
From the Key Takeaways: "[1] States representing 95 percent of the economy are subject to state-wide public health-motivated shutdowns to fight COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019]. [2] An eight-week shutdown could raise the unemployment rate to as much as 23 percent and decrease economic output by as much as $2 trillion (about 9 percent). [3] Policymakers should consider the economic and public health costs of severe slowdowns when determining the breadth of shutdown orders."
Heritage Foundation (Washington, D.C.)
Michel, Norbert J.; Burton, David R.
2020-04-20
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U.S. Should Focus on Targeted and Temporary Tools to Ensure Access to Medical Supply Chains
From the Key Takeaways: "[1] The coronavirus outbreak has caused many Americans to ask if the U.S. is over-reliant on foreign suppliers of key medical and pharmaceutical goods. [2] While the U.S. has taken pragmatic steps to address possible shortages, it should refrain from increasing regulatory barriers that ultimately decrease access. [3] The Administration and Congress should use targeted and temporary emergency measures to ensure supply of critical pharmaceuticals and medical equipment."
Heritage Foundation (Washington, D.C.)
Haislmaier, Edmund F.; Smith, Tori K.; Clark, Maiya
2020-04-14
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COVID-19 and Ebola: What We Can Learn from Prior Elections
From the Key Takeaways: "[1] America and other nations, including Liberia during the Ebola epidemic, have successfully conducted free and fair elections during health crises. [2] With sufficient resources, states can take the necessary precautions to ensure voters are safe while casting their ballots in the 2020 elections. [3] We must not put the ballots of all Americans into the hands of the U.S. Postal Service if we are to have faith in the security and integrity of the outcome."
Heritage Foundation (Washington, D.C.)
Von Spakovsky, Hans; Adams, J. Christian
2020-05-01
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Apple-Google Partnership to Fight COVID-19: Understanding the Promises and Perils of Digital Contact Tracing
From the Document: "On April 10, Apple and Google announced that their mobile devices will soon support voluntary digital contact tracing in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. This support from the two companies that comprise 99 percent of the U.S. mobile phone market is significant because it promises to increase the scale and speed of contact tracing, and because it provokes questions about security and privacy. It is essential, then, to have a firm grasp of the details and of the facts in order to navigate the promises and perils of digital contact tracing"
Heritage Foundation (Washington, D.C.)
Kitchen, Klon
2020-04-30
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Mask Mandates: Do They Work? Are There Better Ways to Control COVID-19 Outbreaks?
From the Document: "A surge in COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] cases in the United States and Europe has prompted calls for a national mask mandate here in America. Advocates of government edicts have asserted that these would bring the pandemic 'under control' in a matter of weeks. [...] This 'Backgrounder' examines the effects of mask mandates in the U.S. and Italy. While there is no national mask mandate in the U.S., many states and counties have imposed them. We (the authors) find that, of the 25 counties reporting the highest numbers of new cases during this latest surge, 21 had mask mandates in place since at least July. Italy does have a national mask mandate that is backed by fines of up to 1,000 euros for non-compliance. We find that the mandate did not prevent a surge in cases in Italy that began in October, peaked in mid-November, and had not yet subsided in mid-December. These findings do not deny the efficacy of mask-wearing per se. Nor should they discourage the practice. Instead, they point to the inadequacy of public health strategies that rely predominantly on lockdowns and mask mandates. Governments should undertake more effective interventions. These include adopting better measures to protect nursing home residents, enabling nationwide screening through the widespread use of rapid self-tests, and establishing voluntary isolation centers where infected people can recover, rather than exposing their families to infection."
Heritage Foundation (Washington, D.C.)
Badger, Doug; Michel, Norbert J.
2020-12-27
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U.S.-Mexico-Canada (USMCA) Economic Partnership Recovery Plan
From the Key Takeaways: "[1] The United States, Mexico, and Canada [USMCA] have been hard hit by the coronavirus pandemic and must work together to mitigate economic damage. [2] Mexico and Canada are America's most important trading partners, and all three have transformed North America into a prosperous free trade region. [3] It is imperative that the partners accelerate planning for the region's post-pandemic economic comeback, using the USMCA as a foundation."
Heritage Foundation (Washington, D.C.)
Kim, Anthony B.; Roberts, James M.; Quintana, Ana
2020-05-07
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Eliminating Tariffs Would Free Up to $6 Billion a Month for Americans
From the Key Takeaways: "[1] Tariffs increase the cost of doing business, suppress employment, make common household products more expensive, and create supply-chain uncertainty. [2] Temporarily deferring tariff payments on some imports was a positive step, but the Administration should permanently eliminate the tariffs imposed since 2018. [3] Removing tariffs on thousands of products from the EU and China would be a much-needed boost to the U.S. economy and create savings for Americans."
Heritage Foundation (Washington, D.C.)
Walters, Riley; Smith, Tori K.
2020-05-12
