Should we have brought back JobKeeper? - a podcast by The Age and Sydney Morning Herald

With more than half of Australians now in lockdown, the economic scars of this crisis are beginning to show.

Economists are debating exactly how big the hit to economic output and jobs will be in the September quarter and, indeed, if lockdowns continue into the December quarter, whether it will be appropriate to pull out the dreaded “r” word again: recession.

Today on Please Explain, economics editor Ross Gittins joins Jess Irvine to discuss the adequacy of support for people whose incomes have been affected by COVID-19.

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