This edition: Pandemic Economics: The Impact of COVID-19
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Original tape date: October 23, 2020. First aired: November 2, 2020.Laura Flanders talks with Professor Janet Gornick of the CUNY Graduate Center about economics and poverty in a time of COVID-19; and Minnie Roh reports on businesses and workers during this challenging time, and how they have endured and pivoted to keep themselves afloat.
Guest List
Frank Alter Union Carpenter
Janet Gornick Director, Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality, The Graduate Center/CUNY
Bryan Kule Bergen Brings/Shades of Soho
Salvatore Reina Co-Founder and Owner, Francesca Brick Oven Pizza & Pasta
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