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Modern-day bread line: Cars line up for a drive-through food pantry in Grand Rapids, Michigan, April 1, 2020. (Neil Blake/The Grand Rapids Press via AP)

How the Corona Crisis Liberated Massive Public Spending: A Prospect Roundtable

Five distinguished economists comment on the role of deficits and debts in preventing a depression.

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