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#398 w/Allison Schrager - "The Horrible, No Good Economy: A Primer”

The Fifth Column

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What Do You Think About Stimulus Spending?

Sally Kohn: Most economists agree that we should have been doing a lot of stimulus in the wake of COVID. But then it keeps going more, she asks; was there a point where there was a natural cutoff? She says when Larry Summers came out as an economist he said this is a really bad idea. Kohn: I can imagine that so many people take the, you know, like conservatives do too. Is it political decision or was it no decision at all? Where did that come from?

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