You know inequality you get into a lot of debates about how to measure it

We're seeing things get worse the stock markets rebound signals a v-shaped recovery a k

V-shaped recovery That's straight up.

letter going up. It is turning out to be a V.

Regardless, there is a lot of measurable proof that it's happening. And so the question is, is you know how big of concern is that how

big of a concern is that?

Thank you for asking that.

This is nerd cast I'm Scott Bland and if you've been paying any attention to the debates recently you might have heard these two letters come up

V and K K shape V that's in reference to the economy and what indicators we can use to measure how it's recovering during the pandemic

Victoria Guita is here to explain and I cover financial policy for politico.

Awesome.

Victoria, there was this moment during the first presidential debate

where Chris Wallace, the moderator, actually got a word in edge-wise for a moment, and he asked this question.

President Trump, you say we are in a V-shaped recovery.

Vice President Biden, you say it's more of a K shape.

More of a K shape.

What difference does that mean

the American people in terms of the economy?

And so after I got over the abstract sound of this.

I actually thought, you know, this question basically sums up

the two presidential campaign messages just like translated into NERD.

So what are they talking about here?

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