In the first few months of the Covid-19 pandemic, the conventional wisdom was that economic recovery hinged on controlling the disease. For a while, that appeared to be the case, with the economies of most states feeling similar levels of pain as consumers, businesses and public officials took measures to slow the spread of the virus. But as August state employment data show, recovery is happening faster in states whose economies are less tied to in-person services, not states that have performed better on controlling the virus. As we await the rollout of vaccines, we should expect better virus control to improve the economic fortunes of any community. But we should also expect states with economies that rely more on logistics, manufacturing and construction to outperform economies heavier on services, no matter what their public health performance is. Read the whole thing. Republicans Would Regret Replacing Ginsburg Before Election — Noah Feldman Toyota or Pakora? India Must Choose — Andy Mukherjee The One and Only Question for Trump's Nominee — Francis Wilkinson Trump's TikTok Drama Was Just Another Empty Threat — Tae Kim How Is Italy Avoiding a Second Pandemic Wave? — Ferdinando Giugliano Trump May Be Losing His Grip on Farm Country — Adam Minter Colleges Are Making the Coronavirus Crisis Worse — Bloomberg's editors How Covid-19 Is Killing Good Manners and What to Do About It — Stephen L. Carter California Burnin' — a Warning Against One-Party Rule — Niall Ferguson This is the Weekend Edition of Bloomberg Opinion Today, a roundup of the most popular stories Bloomberg Opinion published this week based on web readership. | 
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