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Unemployment Insurance in the pandemic, and beyond
Matt is joined by Employ America policy advisor Elizabeth Pancotti for a detailed discussion about unemployment insurance. They take on the recent expansion of the benefits, explain some of the difficulties in distributing them, and outline a possible road toward meaningful reform.
Resources:
"Bennet Unveils Sweeping Proposal to Strengthen Unemployment Insurance Amidst Coronavirus Pandemic" (March 24, 2020)
Elizabeth Pancotti (@ENPancotti), policy advisor, Employ America
Host:
Matt Yglesias (@mattyglesias), Slowboring.com
Credits:Erikk Geannikis, Editor and Producer
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Matt is joined by Employ America policy advisor Elizabeth Pancotti for a detailed discussion about unemployment insurance. They take on the recent expansion of the benefits, explain some of the difficulties in distributing them, and outline a possible road toward meaningful reform.
Resources:
"Bennet Unveils Sweeping Proposal to Strengthen Unemployment Insurance Amidst Coronavirus Pandemic" (March 24, 2020)
Elizabeth Pancotti (@ENPancotti), policy advisor, Employ America
Host:
Matt Yglesias (@mattyglesias), Slowboring.com
Credits:Erikk Geannikis, Editor and Producer
The Weeds is a Vox Media Podcast Network production.
Want to support The Weeds? Please consider making a contribution to Vox: bit.ly/givepodcasts
About Vox
Vox is a news network that helps you cut through the noise and understand what's really driving the events in the headlines.
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Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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