Uncommon Knowledge with Peter Robinson

The Corona Economy with John B. Taylor

AUDIO ONLY The huge impact of the COVID-19 virus on the US and world economies.

Uncommon Knowledge with Peter RobinsonMarch 27, 2020
The Corona Economy with John B. Taylor

Recorded on March 25, 2020

In this first of a new series of Uncommon Knowledge with Peter Robinson conversations done via webcam, Peter Robinson talks to John B. Taylor, the Hoover Institution’s George P. Shultz Senior Fellow in Economics. They discuss the huge impact of the COVID-19 virus on the US and world economy, the likely impact of the federal government's multitrillion-dollar relief efforts, and what the economy might look like as we get to the other side of this crisis.

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John B. Taylor

John B. Taylor

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