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Address inequalities? and how? >> well, your skepticism is well placed and appropriate. there are some very significant differences. i mean, after 2008, certainly in the uk and across europe, there was the embrace of austerity. the banks essentially created this catastrophe, ordinary people paid for the costs of cleaning it up through diminished services, and a lot of the impacts of that have been felt in this pandemic which has revealed the consequences of cutting social safety nets, cutting health budgets. so a lot of the extraordinary harm that we've experienced during the course of the pan...

Is how much we have already spent and how much more do we need to spend? that's one side of the equation. the other side is what they are talking about. where do you get the money? there's unspent money from the covid relief programs. all the way back and certainly on the rescue program. that money can then be used to pay for the new expenditures for infrastructure. so there really are two sides to the equation. one is where you get the money. you can get it from unspent money in the covid relief. and the other side of the equation is how much do we need to spend to build a modern infrastructu...

The Covid relief bills passed by Congress provided direct assistance to the majority of American households, and according to a new report from analysts at the University of Michigan, those payments had a powerful, positive impact on recipients’ financial and emotional well-being. Researchers Patrick Cooney and Luke Shaefer analyzed data from the Census Bureau’s Household Pulse Survey and found strong and unambiguous benefits provided by the relief payments. “Our analyses thus far have yielded a

America's first second gentleman visited Maryland to meet with business owners and discuss challenges they've faced during the COVID-19 pandemic.Douglas Emhoff, husband of Vice President Kamala Harris, visited the Eastport neighborhood of Annapolis Tuesday morning."I may be the first, but I'd better not be the last. This has to be an everyday occurrence," Emhoff said.Emhoff toured the Annapolis Maritime Museum and heard about oysters, the health of the Chesapeake Bay and how two Paycheck Protection Program loans helped the nonprofit stay afloat when revenue streams disappeared.Federal re...

SDSU Extension is resuming its virtual “Drought Hour” educational program series today (May 10). Drought Hour will be held May 10, 17 and 24 from 11am-noon CST. SDSU Extension specialists will provide participants with information to stay ahead of drought impacts with climate updates, business insights and the latest research-tested management tips for farms, ranches and properties of all sizes. The May Drought Hour webinars will cover the following topics: May 10: “Weathering the Storm in Agriculture: How to Cultivate a Productive Mindset,” Krista Ehlert, Assistant Professor and SDSU...