In this issue

Instacart Becomes Essential in an Instant
The grocery service is struggling to deliver to millions of new customers.

PPP Is a Pain for Many Small Businesses
Even owners able to wrangle an SBA loan aren’t sure if it’s a blessing or a curse..

Milton Friedman Has a Plan For This?

Even Republicans are coming to feel that only a new industrial policy will solve America’s shortcomings

9 mins

Why the Big Will Get Bigger

As the crisis lifts, weaker players will likely fall victim to a consolidation wave

5 mins

Mind Over Body, Helmet Over Mind

A secretive startup backed by $54 million says its devices will transform neuroscience

5 mins

An Alternative Way To Get Burned

YieldStreet pitches investments you can’t get elsewhere. That’s not always a good thing

6 mins

The Political Push to Sue China for Covid-19

Holding the country accountable in U.S. courts will be tough, but plenty of people are trying

5 mins

Instacart Wasn't Ready To Be Essential

The grocery delivery startup added 300,000 workers in eight weeks, but Covid-19 is still overtaking it in more ways than one

10+ mins

PROBLEMS PROBLEMS PROBLEMS

Some small-business owners say the Paycheck Protection Program could leave them worse off than before the pandemic

10+ mins

IF YOU WORK HERE, ASSUME YOU HAVE IT

Meatpacking workers are sick and dying, and the food supply chain is beginning to falter

10+ mins

Art in the Time of Stasis

The contemporary art market relies on global events, consensus, and good old-fashioned gossip. What happens when all of that grinds to a halt?

7 mins

Staring Down the Barrel Of Climate Change

Art doesn’t have to be topical to be good. But, like Picasso’s Guernica, much of what’s considered “important” art does grapple with contemporary events. Even as the globe battles the Covid-19 pandemic, cataclysmic climate change remains a key threat. These four artists are facing it head-on, not only with lofty sentiment but also with actions large and small

6 mins

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