Thanks to unemployment insurance, poverty declined last year (with Amy Goldstein and Elliott Morris)

Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer · Oct 19, 2021 · 32m

It’s been a little over a month since the unemployment benefits programs that were established by the CARES Act expired, so we’re taking a look at how well they worked. Washington Post writer Amy Goldstein and Elliott Morris, a data journalist at The Economist, deliver the facts to Jessyn and Paul.

Amy Goldstein is a staff writer at The Washington Post, where much of her work has focused on social policy. She is the author of Janesville: An American Story.

Twitter: @goldsteinamy

Elliott Morris is a data journalist at The Economist.

Twitter: @gelliottmorris

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