Top economist: US coronavirus response is like 'third world' country
by Larry Elliott from on (#52GEF)
Joseph Stiglitz attacks Donald Trump, saying US on course for second Great Depression
Donald Trump's botched handling of the Covid-19 crisis has left the US looking like a "third world" country and on course for a second Great Depression, one of the world's leading economists has warned.
In a withering attack on the president, Joseph Stiglitz said millions of people were turning to food banks, turning up for work due to a lack of sick pay and dying because of health inequalities.
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