Bayan
01-16-2023, 12:33 AM
To contain the pandemic, the U.S. government has brought the economy to a halt. Today, we explore one result of their containment efforts: one of the worst unemployment crises in American history. Guest: Jim Tankersley (https://www.nytimes.com/by/jim-tankersley?smid=pc-thedaily), a reporter covering economic and tax policy for The New York Times. For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily.
Background reading:
The national unemployment rate is probably around 13 percent, The Times estimated (https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/03/upshot/coronavirus-jobless-rate-great-depression.html?smid=pc-thedaily). “Scary things are going on in our life right now,” one idled Lyft driver said (https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/04/nyregion/coronavirus-ny-unemployment-benefits.html?smid=pc-thedaily).
Whole sectors of the U.S. economy have gone dark to try to slow the spread of the coronavirus. Here’s what comes next (https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/22/us/politics/coronavirus-economy-shutdown.html?smid=pc-thedaily).
أكثر... (https://www.nytimes.com/the-daily)
Background reading:
The national unemployment rate is probably around 13 percent, The Times estimated (https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/03/upshot/coronavirus-jobless-rate-great-depression.html?smid=pc-thedaily). “Scary things are going on in our life right now,” one idled Lyft driver said (https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/04/nyregion/coronavirus-ny-unemployment-benefits.html?smid=pc-thedaily).
Whole sectors of the U.S. economy have gone dark to try to slow the spread of the coronavirus. Here’s what comes next (https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/22/us/politics/coronavirus-economy-shutdown.html?smid=pc-thedaily).
أكثر... (https://www.nytimes.com/the-daily)