The case for a True New Deal (with Bharat Ramamurti)

Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer · Jan 12, 2021 · 35m

In a recent report, The Roosevelt Institute called for a new set of policies to mitigate the economic suffering caused by the pandemic. Taken all together, these policies are as sweeping as the New Deal was—but unlike the New Deal, they’re truly representative of America’s race, class, and gender diversity. Attorney Bharat Ramamurti, the incoming Deputy Director of the Biden administration’s National Economic Council and a co-author of the report, joins Nick and Goldy to make the case for a True New Deal.

Bharat Ramamurti is the incoming Deputy Director of the National Economic Council. At…