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Nathan Tankus

Nathan Tankus (@nathantankus) is Research Director of the Modern Money Network. He has written for the Financial Times, Business Insider, JSTOR Daily and Jacobin and regularly writes his own newsletter here.

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Avoid Austerity To Prevent A State And Local Coronavirus Depression

Local budget cuts enacted a decade ago left states and cities dangerously unprepared for COVID-19. We shouldn’t make those same mistakes again.

Nathan Tankus Apr 17, 2020