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"This pandemic, of course, has impacted all countries all over the world. And so all of them are reeling, which means it’s not obvious that there is another engine of growth that's going to come in and take over."
- Susan M. Collins on why global leaders should be worried about U.S. financial woes.
NPR Marketplace
"Lower-income consumers tend to transact more in cash. It makes things harder for low-income consumers to get the very basic things they need."
- Adrienne Harris on the shortage of coins in the U.S.
LA Times
"Over the next five or ten years, we'll go to one retiree for every two folks working. That clearly will have big implications for the economic viability of these programs. Maybe if the quote is a little longer it extends onto three or possibly more lines, but not too many."
- Kevin Stange on why online instruction won't reduce college costs.
Brookings Institution Chalkboard blog
"Democratic mayors don't govern as Democrats for the most part....Partisanship isn't the story either in electoral politics, or in position-taking, or in messaging. It’s not like they’re running as Democrats."
- Liz Gerber on why partisanship is less important in local electoral races.
New York Times
"An easy prediction is that the dollar would not necessarily maintain its dominant role forever; but exactly how that evolves I think it’s very hard to predict."
- Kathryn Dominguez on the strength of the U.S. dollar.
NPR Marketplace
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