@PostOpinions As an economist, I am normally enthusiastic when presidents or other political leaders emphasize the economic aspect of public policy issues. I am all for economic growth, cost benefit analyses, trade agreements, more flexible markets and prudent deregulation.
Yet I am appalled by @realDonaldTrump invocation of economic arguments as a basis for overriding the judgments of public health experts about battling the coronavirus pandemic.
As a matter of pure economics — even leaving aside moral considerations that should be taken into account — the @POTUS arguments are flatly wrong.
