'This is an usual recession because we don't want people to be working,' said Harvard economist Gregory Mankiw. 'We do want people to be staying home. We don't want all those restaurants to be bustling.'
The $1 trillion stimulus package proposed by the Trump administration would give Americans more spending money, but beside grocery stores many spending outlets have been closed by the pandemic.The $1 trillion stimulus package proposed by the Trump administration would give Americans more spending money, but beside grocery stores many spending outlets have been closed by the pandemic.
"This is an usual recession because we don't want people to be working," said Harvard economist Gregory Mankiw."We do want people to be staying home. We don't want all those restaurants to be bustling."
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