1/Everyone should be clear why the president has NOT been willing to invoke Defense Production Act to direct manufacture of PPE. It’s the same reason we didn’t accept tests early on from WHO: to do so would undercut the ability of someone to market a product in the private sector
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2/ Private over public investment is a like religion to some people; they’re literally willing to see people die rather than undercut the dominance of the market. A healthy society is a balance of both. Private is good for innovation but public is necessary for long-term security
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What is the evidence that the private sector is good for innovation?
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Replying to @Fatberg_Slim
Plenty. But when we’re a healthy society there’s a healthy yin and yang

Jul 14, 2020 · 4:32 PM UTC
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