EPISODE · Feb 20, 2021 · 47 MIN
America Are We Ready For A Recovery With Justice?
from Brian Lehrer: A Daily Politics Podcast · host WNYC Studios
President Biden has big plans for economic recovery, from the 1.9 trillion-dollar COVID relief package to green jobs creation, and polls show most Americans approve, but his plans face skepticism from deficit hawks and workers in the fossil fuel industry. On Today's Show:U.S. Rep. John Yarmuth (D KY 3rd, Louisville), chair of the House Budget Committee; William Spriggs, Howard University economics professor, chief economist to the AFL-CIO, U.S. Assistant Secretary of Labor for Policy (2009-2012); and Thea Lee, president of the Economic Policy Institute talk about clawing ourselves out of the pandemic economy, and fashioning it into a sustainable system that works for everyone. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
What this episode covers
President Biden has big plans for economic recovery, but he's facing skepticism from deficit hawks, fossil fuel workers & progressive Democrats who don't think he's gone far enough.
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