December 15, 2020 • 61 min
Dylan Matthews joins Matt and Dara to discuss Covid’s impact on poverty and the road to recovery.
Resources:
"Joe Biden is taking office amid a poverty crisis" by Dylan Matthews, Vox
Income and poverty in the COVID-19 pandemic by Jeehoon Han, Bruce D. Meyer, and James X. Sullivan
Kamala Harris's plan for $2,000 a month transfers to every man, woman, and child
Plan to have the Fed give people money by making everyone a bank
Who is Manasi Deshpande?
White paper
Hosts:
Matt Yglesias (@mattyglesias), Slowboring.com
Dara Lind (@DLind), Immigration Reporter, ProPublica
Dylan Matthews (@dylanmatt), Senior Correspondent, Vox
Credits:
Jeff Geld, (@jeff_geld), Editor and Producer
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