Phillip Magness
American Institute for Economic Research
April 15, 2020
(AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
At the outset of the coronavirus lockdowns my colleague Pete Earle penned a prescient article about the propensity of political actors torewrite the history of the unfolding crisis in real time. Assisted by a thoroughly politicized national press corps, politicians across the spectrum were busy trying to retrofit blame for the unfolding pandemic to their own political talking points and weaponize it to justify aggressive government action.Read Full Article »