Check out this podcast that doesn’t have all the answers, but does address some of the dynamics currently at work here in the United States: “A Strange Moment for the U.S. Economy.”
The podcast is described this way: “Why is the economic recovery from the pandemic so uneven? Why are companies finding it hard to hire? And why are the prices of used cars surging? Recent economic reports have commentators scratching their heads. We dig into the theories behind this strange moment for the American economy. Guest: Ben Casselman, an economics and business reporter for The New York Times.”
I’ll highlight only one aspect of everything that was discussed, which is the lack of child care that is keeping some parents from returning to the workplace. Some of that “child care” includes the fact that schools are not all back in session in the classroom.
The disaster connection to the above is this. It has been documented that for a community to recover from a disaster, you need to have people back in their homes; employees back to work and businesses in operation; and, lastly, schools functioning and in session.
