Joshua McCabe on rich states and poor states in the COVID-19 pandemic
Sustaining Capitalism
English - August 11, 2020 10:00 - 35 minutes - 32.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsNon-Profit Business News Business News ced economics Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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COVID-19 has caused hardship and suffering throughout the US but some states and regions were likely better positioned to deal with the public health and economic crisis before it arrived. Dr. Joshua McCabe, Assistant Dean for Social Sciences at Endicott College and Senior Fellow at the Niskanen Center, joins to discuss how differences in state and local finances may be affecting responses to, and recovery from, the pandemic, and what the Federal government is doing about it.