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Congress extended unemployment benefits. What should come next?
Category: News & Politics
Duration: 00:12:25
Publish Date: 2021-03-12 21:40:35
Description:

Lauren Bauer explains how unemployment insurance (UI) benefits - now extended to September via the American Rescue Plan - have affected household finances and worker behavior, and why Congress should add automatic triggers to UI before the next recession.

Show notes and transcript: https://brook.gs/2Ord8l1 

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