Understanding Today’s Puzzling U.S. Economy
Inflation is high. The GDP has shrunk. But the job market has never been better. The Washington Post's Damian Paletta helps make sense of the U.S. economy today.
Several hundred people, mostly children, have already died of starvation and famine-related disease this year in Ethiopia, Eritrea, and part of Kenya. A panel talks about why famine has struck this region again and why western industrial countries are again facing the criticism that they responded to a predictable crisis too slowly.
Guests
- Berhane Gebre-Christos Ethiopian ambassador to the U.S.
- Edmond Keller Director of the James S. Coleman African Studies Center at UCLA
- Catherine Bertini Executive director of the World Food Programme of the United Nations
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