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We have been locked down for weeks. Classes have been canceled. Only essential activities are allowed. Although there is much to cover and analyze, I want to focus on the economics of the situation. To understate it, the situation today is simply not good. The COVID-19 crisis has caused the world to lock down the …

Everyone knows “The Great Wave,” the most famous of all Japanese works of art, even if they don’t know the name of the artist. His name was Hokusai and he published “The Great Wave off Kanagawa (Kanagawa-oki Nami Ura)” at some point between 1829 and 1833. It’s a woodblock print of the genre ukiyo-e, which …

Pop TV’s “One Day At a Time” is getting animated. The reimagining of Norman Lear’s classic will produce an animated special to air this spring. Like all other live-action Hollywood production, filming on the current fourth season of “One Day At a Time” was suspended in mid-March amid a growing coronavirus pandemic. Shortly after that, …

Charlie Ergen’s satellite TV company is calling foul on Disney for making it pay for ESPN at a time when there is no live sports programming, The Post has learned. Ergen’s Dish Network, the nation’s fourth largest TV provider, is pushing for refunds that it says it will pass along to its roughly 12 million …

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo says now that he wishes he “blew the bugle” on the coronavirus threat back in January instead of waiting weeks to prepare New Yorkers to face the spread of the deadly pathogen. “I wish someone stood up and blew the bugle. And if no one was going to blow the …

Elon Musk is speeding toward a $750 million payday — even as Tesla employees are getting slammed by pay cuts and hundreds of hourly workers are furloughed. After getting hit by factory closures that the coronavirus epidemic mandated, Tesla shares have lately been making a comeback, with investors hoping for news that its plant in …

The TV-correspondent son of late “Superman” actor Christopher Reeve was caught with his pants down during a live segment Tuesday. Will Reeve, 27, was explaining to his ABC colleagues on “Good Morning America” how pharmacies will soon be relying on drones to make prescription deliveries amid the coronavirus pandemic — while dressed in a button-down …

The cast of Broadway’s “Waitress” is serving hope for actor Nick Cordero with a new video. Sara Bareilles and a few of Cordero’s former co-stars dropped a cover of his song “Live Your Life” on Sunday — featuring Jessie Mueller, Keala Settle and Kimiko Glenn, among others — to help raise money for his hospital …

Banks trying to submit applications for thousands of small businesses seeking coronavirus relief loans have hit a bottleneck for a second day at the Small Business Administration. Banking industry groups said Tuesday the SBA’s loan processing system is still unable to handle the volume of loan applications from business owners trying to get aid under …

Victor Cruz admits to breaking the rules when it comes to social distancing — all for the sake of his hair. “I do have my barber come over every other week to cut my hair, because I’m on the laptop doing Zoom calls and emails so I have to make sure I look proper,” the …