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◼ CONTENTS Bloomberg Businessweek March 30, 2020Cover:
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Photographsby
JamieChung
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Businessweek FLORIDA: PHOTOGRAPH BY TRISTAN WHEELOCK FOR BLOOMBERG BUSINESSWEEK◼INBRIEF 4 The$2trillionstimulus● GoodnewsfromWuhan
◼NOTE 5 A letterfromtheeditor◼REMARKS 8 Howtohelpcompaniessurvivethepandemic1
BUSINESS 12 Bailoutsontheheelsofbuybacks?
13 GlennHubbard:Givegrantstosmallbusinesses
14 RobertReich:Corporatebailoutsarewrongheaded
15 Whytheairlinesarewavingtheirflags
16 Chinais givingTeslaextrahelpduringthepandemic
17 TeresaGhilarducci:Retireesneedassistance,too2
TECHNOLOGY 19 Buffering...Pleasewait
21 Corona-stylecourtship:Datingappsforloversin lockdown
22 Rushingapprovalscanleadtodrugsthatdon’twork3
FINANCE 26 Retirementmayhavetowait
29 Themortgagemarketsarein trouble—againECONOMICS 30 ▼ There’splentyofroomattheinn32 Chinasays,“Notsofastwiththosewalkingpapers!”POLITICS 34 It tooka pandemic,butAmericamayfinallyvotebymail...
35 ... ormaybebyapp?
36 MarcoRubiotakesonChina.AndperhapsU.S.businesses◼PURSUITS 55 It’sgoodtoputtthegreen,greengrassofhome
58 There’snobettertimetotrydelicious,healthyperillaoil
59 Spaceain’ttheplace:It’s7 milesdownontheoceanfloor
60 Is exclusiveclubZeroBonda trendsetteroranimitator?
62 Howtotidyuptheoffice.Assumingyoueverseeit again
63 A handmadebrainbucketforridingyourhog◼LASTTHING 64 Canthestateforceyourdoctortogetvaccinated?How to Contact Bloomberg Businessweek
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How the cover
getsmade
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“So this week’s story is
about 3M, where people
are working overtime to
make N95 masks.”
“Think they can get one
to us for a shoot?”
“Um, they’re kinda busy?
Maybe you haven’t
noticed—we’re in a real
crisis right now.”
“Oh, wait—I actually have
some here. Want me to
bring one over?”
“If by ‘bring one over’ you
mean ‘leave it at my door
for a contactless pickup,’
then yes.”
[A day later]
“Yeah, this is the wrong
N95 mask.”
“What?”
“This is for construction.
Medicalonesareblue.”
“Wow...OK. And I
thought I was prepared.”
[A day later]
“I’ve gone through about
80 pages of Google
results. Nothing.”
“Worst case, we can
render one. That won’t
work for a hospital, but
it’s fine for a magazine.”
[A day later]
“Got it! I found a box of
expired masks in the
basement.”
“Great. When did you
get them?”
“9/11.”