In these trying times, every day matters for our health and for the health of our economy. Wes speaks with Don Rissmiller about the current runway the economy faces with the Great Economic Pause and the CARES Act stimulus package. They discuss when we realistically need to begin the re-start of the nation to avoid facing even greater economic pain.

Mauro Gillen is a professor at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania who actually developed a new course on pandemics. I had the chance to speak with him this week to discuss the realization that we HAVE what we need to defeat this pandemic but can’t effectively distribute it yet, as there are all sorts of bottlenecks in the system. The good news is that America always figures out a way to solve these issues. We ended the show today answering your CARES Act questions that were sent into my team this week.

I think we can all learn a great deal from Professor Mauro Guillen who developed a new course on pandemics at The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. COVID-19 came so fast and the world HC system, government, and especially our own psyche just wasn’t prepared.

So as you listen to Mauro Gillen from Wharton U Penn, the realization that we HAVE what we need to defeat this pandemic but can’t effectively distribute it yet is the bad news, as there are all sorts of bottlenecks in the system. The good news, is that America always figures out a way.

You can find Mauro Gillen on twitter @MauroFGuillen and me @wesmoss365.

This episode of MM also answers multiple caller questions about the CARES Act and Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans for 1099 contractors and solo-entrepreneurs.

Tom Sullivan, the vice president of small business for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, joins Wes on this Money Matters Special Interview. Sullivan helped to actually write the small business relief included in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. In this interview, Wes and Tom dig into the decision making process with how the Payment Protection Program was structured, and how small businesses can utilize this legislation during these trying times.

Our Money Matters team has been studying the financial provisions and various nuances of The CARES Act to help you understand what it means for your family and all the small businesses across the country. On this special episode, we're answering your questions about the bill.

Joseph Antos is the Wilson H. Taylor Resident Scholar in Health Care and Retirement Policy at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI). AEI recently released a report outlining the four phases we may go through as a nation to navigate through the current COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. Joe Antos joins us to discuss these phases, what we might see in the days to come and when we can expect to start reopening America for businesses and families.

Despite US cases surging to the highest count on the globe, there are signs of hope, (a bevy of baby white swans) from a health perspective and for the economy. Multiple calls and Twitter questions answered on the $2 Trillion stimulus plan just passed by Congress.

Special interview with lead Public Health M.D. at Harvard, Dr. Ashish Jha. Americans want to get back to work, and even my kids want to get back to school. Dr. Jha has spoken to the White House and America’s governors to advocate his extraordinarily sensible 3 steps that would help reopen America ASAP with the LEAST amount of economic damage.

This episode of MM walks through the three keys of how we climb out of our current economic shut down.