By Thomas Hoenig, courtesy of the Mercatus Center The federal government and the Federal Reserve have implemented unprecedented spending and monetary policies to combat the economic crisis resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. These policies, while necessary in the short term, place an ever larger mortgage against the nation’s future income; and extending them […]
By Dr. Erika von Schneidemesser, courtesy of IASS The current death toll from Covid-19 is just over 800,000 people worldwide. This is likely to be a conservative estimate. To provide some perspective, in 2017, around 56 million people died, with the largest cause of death being cardiovascular diseases, which accounted for about 32% of deaths. 4.2 million people […]
Don’t panic, but do tell someone quietly and calmly. That’s the condensed version of the thoughtful analysis and advice provided by Wayne Lonstein, CEO of VFT Solutions, in a commentary for Forbes addressing this all-too-modern of dilemmas. As for national regulators including transportation officials […]
