Joins us now via zoo for zoom. Senior economist at the nonprofit Upjohn Institute for Employment Research in kalamazoo, michigan. Christopher oleary, lets work away backwards. Can you explain what president trumps executive action when it came to unappointed insurance he signed this weekend, what it did in how it compares to what was offered under the cares act . Guest good morning, john. Thank you for having me on. Pleasure to be on washington journal. Certainly i can address the executive order. I read it. Theink i understand objective. Up and talke back about this whole idea of supplementing unemployment. It is interesting. There have been eight recessions since the eisenhower administration. Every one the federal government has extended the duration of regular state on employment insurance benefits. There was a modest additional compensation added during the Great Recession in 2009. 25 added. Check. D to every benefit it went largely unnoticed. Recognized the existing unappointed i
Senior economist at the nonprofit Upjohn Institute for Employment Research in kalamazoo, michigan. Christopher oleary, lets work away backwards. Can you explain what president trumps executive action when it came to unappointed insurance he signed this weekend, what it did in how it compares to what was offered under the cares act . Guest good morning, john. Thank you for having me on. Pleasure to be on washington journal. Certainly i can address the executive order. I read it. Theink i understand objective. Up and talke back about this whole idea of supplementing unemployment. It is interesting. There have been eight recessions since the eisenhower administration. Every one the federal government has extended the duration of regular state on employment insurance benefits. There was a modest additional compensation added during the Great Recession in 2009. 25 added. Check. D to every benefit it went largely unnoticed. Recognized the existing unappointed insurance system is inadequate i
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Hi im Steve Clemons and i have a question for you are you concerned that the worlds economy is more fragile than anyone is admitting lets get to the bottom line. You can always find doomsday predictions telling you that the dollar is on the verge of collapse or the Global Financial system is in serious danger but how much of it is true lets look at this clock this is a live shot of the u. S. National debt clock in new york its not 100 percent accurate but it gives you a good estimate of the American National deficit right now earlier this year it pushed well beyond 20 trillion dollars its 22. 00 trillion dollars now but what does that mean for the United States and for the world is the sky about to fall what do we really need to be worried about and what trend should we be paying attention to fortunately we have 3 people in the room who have all the answers to these questions sandra to v. T. Is c. E. O. Of the Global Consultancy Firm beyond global and shes author of super hubs how the
A 2nd time in power in 2020 the impeachment inquiry is a scam join us for the latest developments on al jazeera. Hi im Steve Clemons and i have a question for you are you concerned that the worlds economy is more fragile than anyone is admitting lets get to the bottom line. You can always find doomsday predictions telling you that the dollar is on the verge of collapse or the Global Financial system is in serious danger but how much of it is true lets look at this clock this is a live shot of the u. S. National debt clock in new york its not 100 percent accurate but it gives you a good estimate of the American National deficit right now earlier this year it pushed well beyond 20 trillion dollars its 22. 00 trillion dollars now but what does that mean for the United States and for the world is the sky about to fall what do we really need to be worried about and what trend should we be paying attention to fortunately we have 3 people in the room who have all the answers to these question