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What We’re Watching

Paul Krugman on the Dangerous Return to Austerity and How to Stop It – Groundwork Collaborative

Nobel Prize-Winning Economist: US Needs a Vision for Post-Coronavirus Economy – The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell

[Roosevelt Chief] Economist Stiglitz on Covid-19 Impact on Jobs, Government Stimulus, Supply and Demand – Bloomberg TV

Mrs. America – Hulu

And tomorrow at 11 a.m. ET, learn what FedAccounts are and why we need them in stimulus legislation during a virtual briefing co-hosted by Roosevelt, Take on Wall Street, and Americans for Financial Reform—and featuring Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH). RSVP now.

What We’re Reading

Bipartisan Commission Offers Blueprint for Fed, Treasury Oversight (featuring Roosevelt’s Bharat Ramamurti) – Politico

How COVID-19 Overwhelmed the American State (featuring Roosevelt’s Mike Konczal) – HuffPost

They’re Coming for Our Birth Control—and Lying About It (by Roosevelt’s Andrea Flynn)  – Ms.

Facing Adulthood with an Economic Disaster’s Lasting Scars – New York Times

The Stimulus Law’s Student Loan Payment Freezes, Explained – Vox

Coronavirus Has Proven That We Need More Young Black Policymakers (co-authored by Roosevelt’s Katie Kirchner) – Mic

The Tyranny of the Congressional Budget Office (featuring Konczal) – The Week

We Can Prevent a Great Depression. It’ll Take $10 Trillion. – The Atlantic

What We’re Listening To

Why the Market Fails in a Crisis (with Joseph Stiglitz) – Pitchfork Economics

Common Language of Emotions (with [Roosevelt’s] Mehrsa Baradaran) – Pod Save the People

Why Is the Pandemic Killing So Many Black Americans? – The Daily

“The World’s Scariest Economist” on Coronavirus, Innovation, and Purpose – The Ezra Klein Show