AEI This Week
Mar 14, 2020
AEI's weekly digest of top commentary and scholarship on the issues that matter most
 
 
COVID-19 lab test capacity tracker
 
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AEI’s health policy team is actively tracking COVID-19 lab test capacity in the United States. The comprehensive list details the number of patients per day that could be tested in academic, reference, clinical, and public health laboratories nationwide. Follow them on Twitter @COVID2019tests to stay up-to-date with the latest breaking news.
 
 
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Coronavirus is past containment, but America can limit epidemic: Q&A with former FDA chief
 
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Dr. Scott Gottlieb, who served as commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration from 2017 to 2019, met with USA Today’s Editorial Board to discuss the COVID-19 outbreak. 
 
 
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How much will Saudi Arabia's oil price slash hurt its neighbors?
 
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Saudi Arabia’s decision to increase production and sell oil at sharply discounted prices at a time of declining oil demand has sent shock waves through oil markets and stock markets, writes Karen Young.
 
 
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A payroll tax holiday is still a bad idea
 
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Alan Viard writes that the administration’s on-again, off-again relationship with a payroll tax holiday seems like a replay of last summer.
 
 
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Europe’s dying center-right
 
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The space between the cosmopolitan and progressive politics of the left and the vulgar nationalism of the populist right is shrinking. Dalibor Rohac's recent political experience attests to it.
 
 
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research spotlight
 
 
Policies affecting the number of physicians in the US and a framework for reform
 
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Twenty20
 
Since the latter half of the 19th century, the medical profession has been effectively regulating itself through heavy influence over the licensing process and control of the organizations that certify educational and training institutions, explains James Capretta.
 
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