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John reports on sheltering in place in NYC ... Race and the coronavirus ... Is calling the disease the "China virus" xenophobic? ... John wants President Cuomo ... Glenn: "You go to the crisis with the president you've got, not the president that you wish you had" ... John maligns and Glenn defends the president ... Do you feel safe? ...

Bob: Trump is 100% public relations and 0% problem solving ... The time Bob embarrassed Mickey in front of Anthony Fauci ... Right-wing media and coronavirus policymaking ... Bob fails to get Mickey to bemoan the lack of a clear national plan ... Is Andrew Cuomo getting too hokey? ... Is COVID-19 telling us to strengthen national borders? ... Mickey fears merit-based ventilator triaging ...

Updates from DMZ quarantine life ... The $2 trillion emergency relief package ... Does anyone care about debt and deficits any more? ... Is Biden making himself irrelevant? ... Matt: We just can't trust what Trump says ... Trump's strategy: stay at the center of attention ... Bill: This crisis is not a reason to embrace democratic socialism ... How Trump is like Homer Simpson ...

Personal finance during a public health emergency ... Harold: No one totally understands the US economy ... Social isolation and emotional support ... Thought experiment: 600K deaths vs. a massive recession ... Looking back at the HIV epidemic ... Does it make sense to compare our situation with South Korea's? ... Will the virus kill identity politics? ... Harold is very pleased that Dems went with the moderate ...

Rajiv: Testing is the key to defeating coronavirus ... How do we know if we're overreacting to the virus? ... Considering credit forbearance ... Rajiv argues for public banking through the Federal Reserve ... Debating universal basic income ... The ethics of public imposition ...

How we’re coping with COVID-19 ... Will the pandemic promote division or unity? ... How this crisis is and isn’t like climate change ... Nipping it in the bud vs. flattening the curve ... The role of social shaming ... Theories of Trump ... Paul’s new life as a virtual professor ... How grim can this get? ...

Why quarantine is not enough ... Larry's proposal for a universal mandatory testing regime ... Glenn pushes back on Larry's plan on economic and libertarian grounds ... Is inflation coming? ... The importance of the "velocity" of money ... Why public health must come before economic health ...

The DMZ embraces social distancing ... Tucker Carlson's role in getting Trump to take coronavirus seriously ... Is this the biggest national event since 9/11? ... Could Trump still be the hero of the pandemic? ... Republicans learn to love Keynesian stimulus ... What should Bernie do now? ... Envisioning the Biden vs. Trump race ... Is $1000 a month enough to save small businesses? ...

Heather argues that we are overreacting to the coronavirus ... Heather: "Everyone should be a capitalist in a pandemic" ... Public goods and exponential growth ... Grading the Trump administration's handling of the crisis ... Has the media exaggerated the threat? ... Glenn predicts this will be a major blow to populism ...

Economic and political effects of coronavirus ... Even viruses are processed through the lens of tribalism ... Will the virus shred the social fabric or bring people together? ... Damon: The virus will strengthen nationalism worldwide ... Could corona revive economic localism? ... Will the right blame "cosmopolitans" for spreading the virus? ... Damon: The virus reminds us how much is beyond human control ...