Source:The Washington Post with a look at the American safety net.
“Author and economist Tyler Cowen speaks with host Nia-Malika Henderson about his new book, “Average Is Over,” America’s economy five years after the financial crash, and how the U.S. social safety net stands to evolve in the coming years.Watch the full segment with Cowen: Columbine principal: Focus on mental health…
From The Washington Post
What Tyler Cohen is basically saying is that today’s economy in America is here. That we’re always going to have low growth and stagnant wages, high poverty, high deficits, etc, that the Great Recession was simply too big to overcome. He’s also saying that there are things that we could do to address this and change it, but our politics and political system won’t allow for those changes to come.
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