Podcast: Episode 90: Saving Grandma or the Economy with Robert Verbruggen

Robert Verbruggen, National Review policy writer, rejoins the show to discuss whether saving the economy requires putting the elderly and vulnerable at risk.

Cohosted by Josiah Neeley of R Street Institute and Doug McCullough of Lone Star Policy Institute. Produced by Braden McCullough.

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