Economics: How the Covid-19 shock is different

How should we think about containing the COVID-19 economic crisis?

3/13/20 – (ZeroHedge, VoxEU.org) The COVID-19 economic crisis is different. It hit the economic giants all at once – the G7 nations and China. And the economic strikes are

Pentagon sends troops to CA border amid fears of border rush

The government is sending 160 soldiers to help border agents block the migrant surge that is expected if the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals strikes down the Migrant Protection Protocols.

3/6/2020 – (Breitbart) The MPP program has sent roughly 60,000 migrants back into Mexico, prior to their eventual asylum hearings in the United States. The return policy

“Our military will be waiting for you” Trump warns caravan

5,000 troops to be deployed to southern border; military actively moving equipment

10/29/18 – (Zero Hedge) The US military will deploy 5,000 troops to the southern border – up from initial estimates of 800, according to the Wall street Journal, citing US officials.