March 17, 2021
We Passed an American Rescue Plan. Next Up: The Global Rescue Plan.
The American Rescue Act is an extraordinary shot in the arm for the U.S. economy. Now let's help the rest of the world get vaccinated.
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Now that it has shepherded through the nearly $2 trillion American Rescue Plan, the Biden administration needs to pivot to help rescue the world from COVID-19.
It’s been a year since the pandemic shut down the planet.
The novel coronavirus has killed over 2.5 million people and paralyzed the world economy, causing a contraction of global GDP of over 4 percent. In comparison, the financial crisis of 2008-2009 shrank the global economy by only 0.1 percent.
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