Tag: Economic Consequences

Professor Karnit Flug, the former governor of the Bank of Israel, has expressed concern about Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's controversial judicial overhaul and its potential harm to Israel's economy.
The podcast discusses how recent job numbers falling short of expectations, with only 266,000 jobs created out of an expected 1 million, may be attributed to government policies such as direct unemployment benefits that some feel discourage people from seeking work.
New restrictions imposed by Andrew Cuomo in response to the COVID surge include banning in-home gatherings of over 10 people, prompting debate on his authority to do so and the likelihood of compliance with new lockdown measures.
Andrew Cuomo has implemented a ban on in-home gatherings of groups larger than 10 due to the COVID surge.