Class Warfare in Disguise? Dean Baker on Attempts to Reduce the Relief Payment

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On March 19th, I asked the economist Dean Baker of the Center for Economic and Policy Research whether Larry Summers' argument concerning the relief payment amounted to class warfare in disguise. https://cepr.net/ https://cepr.net/staff-member/dean-baker/ Washington Post. Lawrence H. Summers. The Biden stimulus is admirably ambitious. But it brings some big risks, too. February 4, 2021. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/02/04/larry-summers-biden-covid-stimulus/ CEPR. Excessive Stimulus and Other Things Larry Summers Worries About. February 5, 2021. https://cepr.net/excessive-stimulus-and-other-things-larry-summers-worries-about/ If you like my work, I would be glad if you supported it on Patreon. Thank you! https://www.patreon.com/ConversationsWithSlava Image

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