The US needs to tackle the coronavirus pandemic with a playbook out of the Great Depression and World War II, not the financial crisis

Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images Policymakers appear to be approaching the coronavirus pandemic sing the same playbook as the 2008 financial crisis. But instead, the US needs to change its policy response and address the supply constraints caused by the coronavirus. We need to produce basic essentials like masks, other personal protective equipment, and ventilators, so the American economy can get moving again. We've done this before in the Great Depression and World War II and we can d...