Cheques notes: getting America’s stimulus right
Congress is on the cusp of pushing through a $1.9trn stimulus bill. But would it be money well spent? We examine the economics. Nearly half of India’s students attend cheap, efficient private schools that have been hit harder by the pandemic than the s...
The Intelligence from The Economist · The Economist
February 4, 202121m 50s
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<p>Congress is on the cusp of pushing through a $1.9trn stimulus bill. But would it be money well spent? We examine the economics. Nearly half of India’s students attend cheap, efficient private schools that have been <a href="https://www.economist.com/asia/2021/01/07/private-schools-that-educate-50-of-indian-children-are-folding?utm_campaign=the-intelligence&utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=third-party-host&utm_content=show-notes" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">hit harder</a> by the pandemic than the state-run kind. And the <a href="https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2021/01/12/removing-space-junk?utm_campaign=the-intelligence&utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=third-party-host&utm_content=show-notes" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">latest bid</a> to clean up Earth’s celestial neighbourhood—and how to finance it.</p><p>For full access to print, digital and audio editions of <em>The Economist</em>, subscribe here <a href="http://www.economist.com/intelligenceoffer" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.economist.com/intelligenceoffer</a></p>
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