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Bill Foster: “Renewing unemployment insurance is important to, quote, "increase aggregate demand and boost spending in the economy."”

On the recordAugust 31, 2020
Renewing unemployment insurance is important to, quote, "increase aggregate demand and boost spending in the economy."
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Bill Foster
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Foster cites Ben Bernanke on the importance of unemployment insurance for economic demand.

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