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Apr 9, 2020

Nobel laureate on poverty and COVID-19

Warnings that the pandemic could push half a billion people into poverty. Nobel laureate Esther Duflo offers advice for aiding the poor. We’re in for another awful report on layoffs in the U.S. today.

Dhanwantari Foundation International members serve food to homeless people on a street during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus, in Hyderabad, India, on April 9, 2020. — Dhanwantari Foundation International members serve food to homeless people on a street during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus, in Hyderabad, India, on April 9, 2020.
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Segments From This Episode

Roughly 1 in 10 workers have lost their jobs in the past 3 weeks
by Mitchell Hartman
Joe Raedle/Getty Images
The actual number of Americans out of work or nearly so is almost certainly higher.
How to help the poor amid COVID-19? Give them money, says Nobel laureate Esther Duflo
by David Brancaccio and Rose Conlon
Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP via Getty Images
If a segment of the population stops buying things, it could lead to a much larger economic crisis, Duflo warned.

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David Brancaccio Host
Victoria Craig Host, BBC
Stephen Ryan Senior Producer, BBC
Jonathan Frewin Producer, BBC
Daniel Shin Producer
Jay Siebold Technical Director
Meredith Garretson Morbey Senior Producer
Alex Schroeder Producer
Erika Soderstrom Producer
Rose Conlon Producer
Brian Allison Technical Director