Our Next Great National Challenge is to Rebuild Our Economy: Where Do We Begin?

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Chris Cotnoir

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🗓️ 15 May 2020

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Almost 40 million Americans have lost their jobs in the past 8 weeks. That is a quarter of the workforce. We have never faced a crisis like this one. How we choose to rebuild will be the decision that will define us all in history's eyes. Gene Sperling was the top White House economic advisor for both President Bill Clinton and President Barack Obama. He has written a book that addresses the core question that must precede the rebuilding: What is our goal? How will we measure success? His answer is that we must place human dignity at the center of our policy decisions. His book is called "On Economic Dignity" and he discusses it with Ed Luce of the Financial Times and host David Rothkopf. It is discussion that gets to the very core of who we are as a country and who we aspire to be. Don't miss it. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/deepstateradio. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:47.0	Hello and welcome to another episode of Deep State Radio.
0:51.0	I am your host David Rothkoff coming to you from New York City because
0:55.1	can't get out of New York City. But joining us from Washington, D.C. We are very
1:00.4	fortunate to have a special guest, Jean Spirling, who was director of the National Economic
1:07.1	Council, both under President's Bill Clinton and Barack Obama, and one of our regulars and good friends Ed Luce of the Financial Times.
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1:22.0	Hi, Jean. Thanks, I'm happy to be with you. Hygiene?
1:23.4	Thanks, I'm happy to be here, David.
1:25.6	Thank you.
1:26.7	Well, we're lucky to have you here on several grounds.
1:30.7	One of course is you have a new book out called On Economic Dignity, which I've had the pleasure to read and I think it is an extraordinary book and I think it's extraordinarily well timed because even though at the forefront of
1:46.7	our minds at the moment is this public health crisis which now has taken the lives of over 86,000 Americans, over 300,000 people
2:00.0	around the world.
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