Americans are stressed about COVID-19 – both the disease and what it’s doing to the economy.

And while the virus has touched every corner of the globe, many high-income countries have been more successful than the U.S. at easing some of the pandemic’s pain.

This week on The Dose podcast, we talk about why Americans are experiencing the anxiety and sadness of the pandemic differently than people in other countries, and how this is tied to economic concerns like food, jobs, and housing.