May 27, 2020

Trump’s former economic adviser on the way forward

Gary Cohn argues it’s time to move from the immediate economic response to the COVID-19 emergency and switch to promoting a recovery that sticks. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images

Gary Cohn is frustrated with partisanship surrounding what the federal government should do next over the economy during COVID-19. Plus, fast food employees in Chicago have filed a lawsuit against McDonald's, asking for stricter health standards.

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COVID-19

Former Trump adviser Gary Cohn on moving from COVID-19 rapid response to "sustainable recovery"

by David Brancaccio and Rose Conlon

May 27, 2020

"It's not as simple as telling everyone to go back to work," Cohn says, but that will be "the key to an economic recovery."

The former director of the National Economic Council on unemployment insurance, tax holidays and employer liability.

Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images

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