Business Weekly
Business Daily
BBC
4.4 • 816 Ratings
🗓️ 19 September 2020
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
There are less than two months to go until the presidential election in the United States. Both candidates and parties have framed it as something of an existential fight. So, on Business Weekly we look at the big issues framing the debate. We examine the economy, immigration and healthcare and find out what a Biden Presidency or a second-term of office for President Trump could mean for these key policy areas. Plus, as the Zimbabwean government hands back some land to some evicted farmers, our reporter in Harare tells us why this is happening now and how the move has been received. And what has Covid-19 done to the Asian wedding industry? Business Weekly is presented by Lucy Burton and produced by Matthew Davies.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, if a week is a long time in politics, a day is a long time in business at the moment, |
| 0:06.1 | and it can be exhausting trying to keep up with all the latest developments. |
| 0:10.1 | That's why we've interrupted your Business Daily pod feed to bring you Business Weekly, |
| 0:14.4 | a new weekend programme which brings you an hour of the most interesting, inspiring and thought-provoking stories you might have missed |
| 0:21.7 | from the BBC's business team. |
| 0:27.8 | Hello and welcome to Business Weekly with Lucy Burton. Joe Biden or Donald Trump, |
| 0:34.4 | the outcome of the US presidential election in November seems far from certain. |
| 0:39.3 | The candidates have wildly different visions for their country, and on the show today, |
| 0:43.7 | we'll be examining some of their proposed policies, as well as asking how the coronavirus |
| 0:48.0 | and the subsequent hit on the economy may shape voter decisions. Donald Trump wants |
| 0:53.1 | deregulation and protectionism, |
| 0:55.4 | an extension of his America First policy |
| 0:57.6 | with faster expansion of the private sector, |
| 1:00.2 | whereas Joe Biden promises greater action on inequality |
| 1:03.3 | and more spending on infrastructure and the environment. |
| 1:07.2 | All of this against a background of nearly 15% of people unemployed |
| 1:11.6 | and a huge contraction in the economy early in the year. |
| 1:15.5 | My colleague Manuel Seragossa has been taking an in-depth view |
| 1:18.7 | of what's at stake for the US economy in this special report. |
| 1:22.5 | When President Reagan was elected back in 1980, |
| 1:26.0 | he ushered in an era of small government conservatism. |
| 1:29.8 | In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem. Government is the problem. |
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