Prescott Valley, AZ Correspondent — Six hundred dollars on top of a state check was a March instrument. March instruments that pay more than the job they replaced become July problems. A cliff on the thirty-first is ugly if the job doesn't exist. A cliff is honest if the job is posted and the add-on … Continue reading With the extra federal unemployment supplement scheduled to lapse, should Congress extend the $600 add-on, step it down, or let labor-market tightness and state systems take over?
Author: thinkingoutsidetheboxe
After new Hong Kong sanctions and another tariff round, should U.S.–China policy treat decoupling as a destination or as a limited valve strategy?
Gastonia, NC Correspondent — A destination called decoupling sounds like a slogan that has never had to buy a capacitor. A valve strategy sounds like somebody who has read a bill of materials. The Hong Kong measures are a political and legal matter. You don't treat a city that was promised a different rule as … Continue reading After new Hong Kong sanctions and another tariff round, should U.S.–China policy treat decoupling as a destination or as a limited valve strategy?
After weeks of unrest and federal deployments to protect courthouses and monuments, should the use of federal officers in cities that refuse to hold a riot line be normalized, or reserved as an exceptional remedy?
Prescott Valley, AZ Correspondent — A courthouse is not a suggestion and a monument is not a comment box. When a city won't hold a line around either, somebody else does or the line is a rumor. Normalize is the wrong word if it means federal patrols standing in as municipal police. Exceptional is the … Continue reading After weeks of unrest and federal deployments to protect courthouses and monuments, should the use of federal officers in cities that refuse to hold a riot line be normalized, or reserved as an exceptional remedy?
Should K–12 systems follow July 2020 federal guidance favoring in-person reopening, or treat teachers’ unions and local case curves as the binding constraint?
Gastonia, NC Correspondent — The federal guidance is a preference for the default that children belong in a room with a teacher. That default isn't reckless. It's a ranking of harms after four months of a substitute that wasn't school. A union is a bargaining unit. A case curve is a hospital measurement. Neither is … Continue reading Should K–12 systems follow July 2020 federal guidance favoring in-person reopening, or treat teachers’ unions and local case curves as the binding constraint?
Are federal and state eviction and foreclosure moratoria still a necessary bridge, or have they become a quiet transfer from property owners to a political calendar?
Prescott Valley, AZ Correspondent — A bridge has a far bank. A calendar has a November. March was a bridge. Income stopped, courts closed, and a padlock in week three would have been both cruel and a public-health problem. July is a different month. Some income is back and some isn't, and treating those as … Continue reading Are federal and state eviction and foreclosure moratoria still a necessary bridge, or have they become a quiet transfer from property owners to a political calendar?
Should professional and college sports resume this summer under restricted protocols, or does a restart impose an unacceptable public-health and labor risk on players, staff, and host cities?
Gastonia, NC Correspondent — A restart is a workplace question wearing a mascot. Players are adults who already accept orthopedic ruin as a condition of employment. Staff are adults who need a shift. Host cities are the people who sell parking and plates. Treating those three as one object is how you get a summer … Continue reading Should professional and college sports resume this summer under restricted protocols, or does a restart impose an unacceptable public-health and labor risk on players, staff, and host cities?
Thinking Outside the Boxe Releases Transcript of Independence Day 2020 Champagne Summit
Myrtle Beach, SC, Orlando, FL and Washington, D.C. July 5, 2020—Thinking Outside the Boxe has released the transcripts of the question and answer session from its Independence Day Champagne Summit held in Orlando on July 4, 2020. Participants included correspondents from Clermont, Florida; Dayton, Ohio; Myrtle Beach, South Carolina; and Owatonna, Minnesota, among others. Discussion … Continue reading Thinking Outside the Boxe Releases Transcript of Independence Day 2020 Champagne Summit
The 14th Annual Robert M. Clinger III Invitational Golf Tournament At The Dunes Golf & Beach Club
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, February 27, 2020—The Executive Committee of The Robert M. Clinger III Invitational is pleased to announce the results of the 14th annual golf tournament contested on Monday, February 17, 2020 at The Dunes Golf & Beach Club in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. After a generally overcast morning, the sky cleared and the … Continue reading The 14th Annual Robert M. Clinger III Invitational Golf Tournament At The Dunes Golf & Beach Club
Will the next recession reveal that many post-2008 financial reforms were insufficient to prevent systemic risk?
Owatonna, Minnesota Correspondent — The post-2008 reforms improved capital and liquidity standards at large banks and brought more of the system under supervision. That was real. They didn't eliminate leverage, maturity mismatch, or the tendency of risk to migrate toward whichever entity is regulated differently. The next serious recession will test whether the remaining gaps … Continue reading Will the next recession reveal that many post-2008 financial reforms were insufficient to prevent systemic risk?
Should pharmaceutical companies face stronger liability or pricing constraints when their products contribute to public-health crises?
Clermont, Florida Correspondent — When a product is heavily marketed and later shown to have contributed to widespread harm, ordinary liability should apply with real force. Shielding companies after the fact weakens deterrence for everybody watching. Pricing constraints are a separate and more complicated tool. Blunt controls can reduce future development and create shortages. Stronger … Continue reading Should pharmaceutical companies face stronger liability or pricing constraints when their products contribute to public-health crises?
