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Unemployment soars under coronavirus

April 21, 2020

Professor Carl Van Horn discussed the havoc the coronavirus shut down has wreaked on the U.S. economy, causing unemployment numbers to soar to 18%. With so many people out of work, what will this eventually mean to the workforce locally and nationally?

WHYY, April 20, 2020

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