New aid for Ukraine missing from shutdown deal
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🗓️ 2 October 2023
⏱️ 8 minutes
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The funding bill that averted a government shutdown this past weekend notably lacked additional funding for Ukraine. Is it time to rethink what it will take to support Ukraine’s wartime economy? We explore new approaches that could allow the country to thrive during long-term conflict. Plus, a look at why fast-food companies are on board with a $20 minimum wage for workers in California.
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| 0:26.9 | New ways to think about Ukraine's war-torn economy. |
| 0:30.9 | I'm David Brankhacheo, President Biden yesterday called on Congress to quote, |
| 0:34.9 | stop playing games and keep aid flowing to help Ukraine fight back against Russia's war. |
| 0:40.9 | President said Saturday night's funding bill that kept the U.S. government open, |
| 0:44.9 | but stops new aid to Ukraine runs out mid-November. |
| 0:48.9 | Meanwhile, some observers are calling for new approaches to how Ukraine's economy |
| 0:52.9 | could be made to thrive amid long-term conflict. |
| 0:56.8 | In late August, Ukraine's President Zelensky cited Israel as an example of a country that |
| 1:01.6 | has adapted to living with ongoing conflict. |
| 1:04.6 | A recent economist magazine cover in Ukraine's yellow and blue carried the words time for |
| 1:09.6 | a rethink. |
| 1:10.6 | The magazine's editor-in-chief is Zannie Minton-Bettos. |
| 1:13.4 | Good to see you. |
| 1:14.4 | Great to see you again, David. |
| 1:16.0 | Your crew has been doing some rethinking about the future for Ukraine. |
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