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Joe and I navigate some of the immediate hurdles we will likely encounter as the U.S. emerges from the pandemic as well as some of the more long-term problems that still loom over us.

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Times of extreme peril require a strong guiding hand.

Stimulus packages serve as good first aid but are not the cure.

Access to easy credit and tax cuts cloak real economic problems.

The invisible elephant in the room is really not enough jobs for everyone.

Capitalism is predicated on the idea of selling to markets which are rich enough to afford the goods being sold.

Some of the problems with UBI.

We need to start building and producing our way out of these problems.

Correcting the inequities of our modern economic system actually PREVENTS revolutions from occurring.

Moving away from ideologically originated solutions to pragmatic solutions.

A thriving middle class actually makes everyone richer in the end.