Checks and Balance: Credit where it’s due - a podcast by The Economist

Last year it looked like America had found thesolution to child poverty: spend more. The expanded child tax credit is thought to have lifted around 3.7m children out of poverty. But the legislation expired and rates shot back up. How did America findthe answerto a long-running problem, only to abandon it?  

Senator Michael Bennet tells us why he’s been a long-time proponent of the policy. AndThe Economist’s Stevie Hertz visits a food bank in the Bronx to find out how the payments helped families in need. 

John Prideaux presents with Idrees Kahloon and Charlotte Howard. 

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