Three simple rules for Congress in the new COVID-19 relief bill

By Ryan Ellis

Published June 22, 2020 6:00am ET

Three simple rules for Congress in the new COVID-19 relief bill — Congress is usually not very good at basic lessons of economics. In fact, simple arithmetic is usually challenging for most elected officials. But as the debate over the next COVID-19-related bill continues, there are three basic rules of economics Congress should keep in mind. If you want more of something, subsidize it. The CARES Act, […]

Congress is usually not very good at basic lessons of economics. In fact, simple arithmetic is usually challenging for most elected officials. But as the debate over the next COVID-19-related bill continues, there are three basic rules of economics Congress should keep in mind.

If you want more of something, subsidize it.