1. Your periodic reminder to read Matt Levine (Bloomberg). And Bloomberg Media is doing just great. Congratulations to all those I work with! If you don’t already, you should subscribe too.
4. Interview with Ken Rogoff, focusing on China.
5. I’ve never been anti-mask, in either theory or personal practice, but I find it striking how this NYT Op-Ed, advocating mandatory masking for children in school, upon a close read presents no actual evidence whatsoever. If I understand them correctly, here is “the control”: “By contrast, one school in Israel without a mask mandate or proper social distancing protocols reported an outbreak of Covid-19 involving 153 students and 25 staff members.” Maybe they are just poor writers and bad organizers of thought, and the actual controls are in fact air tight.
