*Why debt relief should be the answer to this coronavirus crash.*

The US will face a big recession unless the US government starts giving money to non-rich people to make up for the decrease.

The best way to do this is with spending that will have other social benefits — spending on jobs that make an improvement. For instance, the Green New Deal.

*Can the Coronavirus and the Stock Market Meltdown Break America’s Addiction to Fantasy?*

One corrective is needed in regard to increases in productivity: they result in increased production each year, but who gets the benefit of that increase is a political question. The rich try to keep it for themselves, and workers get it only if they fight for it and win.