We are counting down our top 5 podcasts of the year featuring Wharton School professors. In our third most downloaded podcast of 2021, Kent Smetters, Wharton Professor of Business Economics & Public Policy and Faculty Lead of the Penn Wharton Budget Model, joins Wharton Business Daily host Dan Loney to talk about the economic outlook with the new administration, and how the COVID-19 vaccine roll out will factor into economic recovery.
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Best of 2021 – Biden & Economic Recovery: What’s First on the Agenda
Our third most downloaded podcast of the year breaks down the unemployment rate, stimulus checks, economic recovery and how the COVID vaccines will help the economy come back
December 15, 2021
• 11 min listen
Our third most downloaded podcast of the year breaks down the unemployment rate, stimulus checks, economic recovery and how the COVID vaccines will help the economy come back
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