Yang had the best economic analysis of any of the presidential candidates (not that he really had any competition). But I don’t agree with him and others who are calling for a “federal jobs program.” Reparations from the ruling class, yes. Make work on the king’s and lord’s plantations, no.

Krystal and Saagar discuss Andrew Yang’s call for a federal jobs program and reports that American billionaires got $434 billion richer during the pandemic.