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CARDIFF GARCIA, HOST: Hey, everyone. Cardiff here. This is THE INDICATOR FROM PLANET MONEY. Today s show is about something I ve been wondering about for a long time, and it starts with the ways that the U.S. economy has adapted to the COVID pandemic since it started. For example, businesses and workers have had to radically change how they do things in many cases; embracing new technologies and trying to remain safe while still getting things done. Consumers have changed the way they shop. And the U.S. government, of course, is spending a historically massive amount of money to fight the recession, about $5 trillion.