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Why Do Some Governments Fail to Prepare for Catastrophe?
S2020 E3012 - 2m 55s
How did governments and institutions fail to heed the warnings, to learn from the past, to act on those lessons and to prepare for the pandemic? Bestselling author and economist Tim Harford has written extensively about these issues, which he also addresses in his podcast series “Cautionary Tales.” He joins the program from Oxford.
Teachers Union Leader: Federal Government Gets an “F”
S2020 E3012 - 18m 48s
Major school districts like Los Angeles and San Diego will stay closed in the fall, despite pressure from the White House to reopen. Randi Weingarten is president of the American Federation of Teachers, one of the country's biggest teaching unions, and she speaks with Hari Sreenivasan about the public school system's urgent need for government assistance.
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