Reading archive 2020-03-20

No, the airlines do not need a bailout

Was the White House office for global pandemics eliminated?

Here’s why giving every American $1,200 is a really bad idea: Let’s give the money to the millions of laid-off workers — and in large enough amounts to make a difference

Donald Trump’s Cult of Personality Did This: The autocratic political culture that has propped up the Trump administration has left the nation entirely unprepared for an economic and public-health calamity.

U.S. intelligence reports from January and February warned about a likely pandemic