RSH 19 -- Re-Open America?? (4.25.2020)

Recorded on April 23, 2020. Adam and Peter talk about why "re-opening" the American economy during the COVID-19 pandemic is a terrible idea. Then they get into the decline of oil prices, China, and Adam further explains why he thinks Black politics is dead in America. 

 

Links: 

Job growth since 2008 Great Recession wiped out in four weeks: https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/04/16/835135924/10-years-of-spectacular-u-s-job-growth-nearly-wiped-out-in-4-weeks ; 16 million people unemployed, while U.S. stocks have their best week in 45 years: https://www.marketwatch.com/story/16-million-people-just-got-laid-off-but-us-stocks-had-their-best-week-in-45-years-2020-04-10 ; 22 million people file for unemployment within four weeks: https://www.politico.com/news/2020/04/16/coronavirus-unemployment-claims-numbers-190026 ; 26 million lose jobs within fives weeks, wiping out job gains since Great Recession: https://www.cnbc.com/2020/04/23/the-us-economy-has-now-erased-all-job-gains-since-the-great-recession.html ; most Americans support shelter-in-place orders: https://www.msnbc.com/morning-joe/watch/majority-of-americans-support-stay-at-home-orders-poll-82441797557?cid=sm_npd_ms_fb_ma&fbclid=IwAR1XObqIJG7lldHmE4EgSySkmFv218asbVrunOERV6kIykq1Vbtaod6ggP8 ; Biden and Trump are deadlocked in key states: https://www.cnbc.com/2020/04/22/2020-election-polls-trump-and-biden-deadlocked-in-az-fl-mi-nc-pa-wi.html ; bizarre lines from Anderson Cooper interview with Las Vegas mayor who wants to reopen casinos and ignore shelter-in-place: https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/23/politics/carolyn-goodman-anderson-cooper-las-vegas/index.html ; Las Vegas workers push back on mayor's comments: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/las-vegas-workers-push-back-after-mayor-s-call-reopen-n1190036  ; Dylan Ratigan explains why oil prices have dropped to record lows on The Jimmy Dore Show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1oERncbzPY ; California has "crushed the curve": https://www.kron4.com/news/bay-area/crushed-the-curve-researcher-says-steps-taken-in-california-have-done-more-than-flatten-the-curve/ ;  China's wet markets are not what people think they are: https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/14/asia/china-wet-market-coronavirus-intl-hnk/index.html ; Marcus Books in Oakland: https://www.ktvu.com/news/oaklands-marcus-books-still-thrives-as-nations-oldest-black-bookstore   .   

 

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