5/8/2020 - If You Open It, They Won't Come

Mark Blyth, political economist at Brown's Watson Institute, and Carrie Nordlund, political scientist and associate director of Brown's Master of Public Affairs program, share their take on the news.On this episode: thoughts on a future relief bill, in the face of historic unemployment; the profound lack of new ideas in Congress; making sense of Trumps re-election strategy; wondering if we’re a failed state; the Democratic Party's struggle over how to handle sexual assault allegations in 2020; how the the whole economy is like an off-season vacation house (if we're lucky).