Checks and Balance: Getting a grip
Checks and Balance from The Economist
The Economist
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🗓️ 13 March 2020
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
The United States is bracing itself for the spread of covid-19. Sports leagues, universities, and, in some states, schools have shut down. Donald Trump announced a ban on flights from Europe, but investors remain unconvinced he has a grip on the situation. China meanwhile appears to have got over the worst of the outbreak after imposing strict quarantine measures. Will America manage to limit the spread of the coronavirus? How much will the delayed response damage Donald Trump?
Charlotte Howard, our New York bureau chief, hosts with Jon Fasman, Washington correspondent, and Midwest correspondent Adam Roberts. David Rennie, Beijing bureau chief, and Idrees Kahloon, US policy correspondent for The Economist, also join.
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| 0:00.0 | This is a passenger announcement. You can now book your train on Uber and get 10% back in credits to spend on Uber eats. |
| 0:11.0 | So you can order your own fries instead of eating everyone else's. |
| 0:15.0 | Trains now on Uber. T's and C's apply. Check the Uber app. |
| 0:20.0 | Tom Hanks has it, the NBA season is over, Disneyland is shut. |
| 0:26.6 | It's not a normal week for this podcast or for America. |
| 0:30.2 | With 234 days to go, this is checks and balance. |
| 0:35.0 | I'm Charlotte Howard, the Economist's New York Bureau Chief. |
| 0:42.0 | I'm standing in for John Prido while he recovers from a sore throat. |
| 0:48.1 | This is a podcast about the 2020 elections and the road to power in America. |
| 0:57.0 | We take one theme each week and explore it in depth. |
| 1:09.5 | This week COVID-19 is here. Will America be able to limit its spread? And how much damage will it do to Donald Trump. This week we're recording the podcast entirely from home. I'm in my |
| 1:26.4 | daughter's room and we have remote podcasting with me checks and balance regular |
| 1:30.0 | John Fasman, the Economist Washington correspondent. |
| 1:32.4 | Hi Charlotte I am perched on a John Fasman, the Economist Washington correspondent. |
| 1:33.0 | Hi Charlotte, I am perched on a meditation bench at the foot of my bed with my microphone |
| 1:37.6 | cosseted in blankets in front of me. |
| 1:39.9 | That sounds quite lovely. |
| 1:41.9 | It's nice for the microphone. How has your week been? You're |
| 1:45.4 | usually traveling all over the place. What did your week look like this week? |
| 1:48.2 | Well I did some travel this week and it was travel that got sort of progressively more |
| 1:52.3 | surreal as the week went on. |
| 1:53.8 | I was down in Washington this week facing ever lighter rush hour traffic each day. |
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