The Dig: Who Got Bailed Out with Eric Levitz
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🗓️ 30 March 2020
⏱️ 66 minutes
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Dan interviews New York magazine writer Eric Levitz on the big corporate bailout that gave workers precious little to survive the corona crisis.
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