The responses to Covid will be deemed a complete failure in at least one respect – the total lack of consideration of secondary impact of the lockdown. I rarely heard health pundits who advocated lockdown discuss thr secondary and tertiary costs. Long after it was clear hospital capacity wouldn’t be overwhelmed the public health experts …
Drivers tell of chaos at UK’s privately run PPE stockpile Another outsourcing disaster. Due diligence was conducted? Really? https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/14/coronavirus-uk-privately-run-ppe-stockpile-chaos-movianto?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_WordPress
Malnutrition leading cause of death and ill health worldwide – report https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/may/12/malnutrition-leading-cause-of-death-and-ill-health-worldwide-report?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_WordPress
Weighing Sweden’s Coronavirus Model The global economy needs a leader as lockdowns are lifted and countries fear a second wave if lockdowns are relaxed to quickly. The Swedish model can be that model and happy to see WHO endorsing it as a legitimate approach. The worst case scenarios never materialized in terms of Covid disease …
As we approach the end of the six week lock down in the UK and talks of extending until June, it’s time for a reality check. Below are some facts that reveal the hypocrisy of the UK lockdown. These stories are replicated in many other places (in fact in a number of ways, the UK …
Clergy criticise tax-haven firms seeking coronavirus cash https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/apr/27/clergy-tax-haven-coronavirus-richard-branson?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_WordPress
Crossing the Rubicon: Ratings Inflation and The Fed’s Misguided Support for Speculative Grade Debt and CLOs https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/crossing-rubicon-ratings-inflation-feds-misguided-support-dubitsky
https://www.institutionalinvestor.com/article/b1lf9zw3n8w3gt/Was-CalPERS-Right-to-Unwind-Its-Tail-Risk-Program
Clergy criticise tax-haven firms seeking coronavirus cash https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/apr/27/clergy-tax-haven-coronavirus-richard-branson?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_WordPress
The next epidemic… https://www-washingtonpost-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2020/04/18/record-government-corporate-debt-risk-tipping-point-after-pandemic-passes/?outputType=amp