⏩ It’s Payback Time: Can Public Programs Get Us Out of Economic Depression?

Watch four writers from our May/June issue in conversation about public payment programs.

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In our May/June issue, we explored three different public payment programs, assessing whether or not the government can get us out of our economic depression with strong systems like these.

In this panel, we brought contributors Kalena Thomhave and Bryce Covert, staff writer Alexander Sammon, and managing editor Jonathan Guyer into conversation to reassess the welfare system and dig further into the concepts of UBI, cash benefits, and the Child Tax Credit.

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