U.S. urgently needs full employment

The Biden relief and recovery package thus appears to be a low-risk, high-reward strategy on economic, fiscal, social, health, and political grounds. In a rational world, its recent passage with Democratic votes alone through the House of Representatives should now be followed by quick and bi-partisan endorsement by the U.S. Senate.
Recently, U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned that if the measures in U.S. President Joe Biden’s massive relief and recovery package were not passed, a return to full employment would not occur until 2025. But if his package passed, she claimed full employment could be achieved in 2022.
Recently, U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned that if the measures in U.S. President Joe Biden’s massive relief and recovery package were not passed, a return to full employment would not occur until 2025. But if his package passed, she claimed full employment could be achieved in 2022. W...

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