Covid-19 Federal Bailouts and Deficit Spending: Who Pays? | DealBook Debrief |
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In the face of the deepest economic downturn since the Great Depression, Washington has poured trillions of dollars into rescue packages for workers and businesses, as states and cities hardest hit by the pandemic brace for crippling revenue shortfalls. This week, the DealBook team was joined by Paul Krugman, a Times Opinion columnist and Nobel Prize-winning economist, to discuss deficit spending and the debate over future federal bailouts.
With Andrew Ross Sorkin and DealBook reporter Michael de la Merced. The New York Times conferences deepen conversations in disrupted industries: health, higher education, technology, food, luxury, energy and more. |