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Government Closures Didn't Fuel The Economic Crisis. American's Actions To The Pandemic Did
ResumeA number of states are reopening in the midst of the pandemic based on the thinking that closures are what's behind the high unemployment rate and economic pain.
Here & Now's Jeremy Hobson speaks with Derek Thompson (@DKThomp), senior editor at the Atlantic, who writes that it's not the closures causing the problem, but the pandemic.
This segment aired on May 11, 2020.