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Janet Yellen: People worry about a K-shaped recovery, but well before COVID-19 infected a single American, we were living in a…

On the recordJanuary 18, 2021
People worry about a K-shaped recovery, but well before COVID-19 infected a single American, we were living in a K-shaped economy, one where wealth built upon wealth, while working families fell farther and farther behind.
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Janet Yellen
Democratic · California

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Yellen discusses the pre-existing economic disparity before the pandemic.

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