Cheques notes: getting America’s stimulus right
The Intelligence from The Economist
The Economist
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🗓️ 4 February 2021
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Congress is on the cusp of pushing through a $1.9trn stimulus bill. But would it be money well spent? We examine the economics. Nearly half of India’s students attend cheap, efficient private schools that have been hit harder by the pandemic than the state-run kind. And the latest bid to clean up Earth’s celestial neighbourhood—and how to finance it.
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| 0:36.8 | Hello and welcome to the Intelligence on Economist Radio. |
| 0:40.2 | I'm your host Jason Palmer. |
| 0:42.4 | Every weekday we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world. |
| 0:50.4 | Getting children back into school is a global concern, |
| 0:54.1 | but in India that'll prove harder than it is elsewhere. |
| 0:57.5 | Nearly half of students attend cheap private schools |
| 1:00.7 | that during the pandemic have struggled far more than their state-run counterparts. |
| 1:05.8 | And near Earth orbit is an increasingly crowded place. |
| 1:10.0 | Populated more and more with retired and broken, well, space junk. |
| 1:14.4 | We look into the latest effort to clean up Earth's celestial neighborhood and how to pay for it. |
| 1:28.6 | But first, |
| 1:33.6 | on this boat the Yays are 218 and the Nays are 212. |
| 1:38.4 | Last night, America's House of Representatives voted nearly along party lines to press ahead |
| 1:44.4 | with President Joe Biden's coronavirus relief bill. |
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