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Economists: Biden's $1,400 COVID-19 checks may be great politics, but it's questionable economics

  • Written by Robert H. Scott III, Professor of Economics & Finance, Monmouth University
imageMost people used the first coronavirus check to pad their savings or pay down debt. AP Photo/Eric Gay

The US$1,400 direct checks to people are the most expensive and perhaps most popular part of the $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package racing its way through Congress right now.

President Joe Biden is expected to soon sign the bill after the Hou...

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