After weeks of bungling, faulty tests, and policy reversals the CDC bureaucrats managed to achieve some semblance of competence. But by then they were already far behind the curve.
Although bureaucrats with safe jobs and luxury homes like Anthony Fauci continue to insist mass unemployment is merely "inconvenient," job losses mean many Mexicans could be staring grinding poverty in the face.
Politicians and pundits have a blind spot when it comes to international economic transactions. They ignore a portion of trade! In particular, they ignore trade in claims on future income—that is, stocks and bonds.