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466. Shes From the Government, and Shes Here to Help

Published: June 17, 2021, 3 a.m.

b'Cecilia Rouse, the chair of the White House Council of Economic Advisors, is as cold-blooded as any economist. But she admits that her profession would do well to focus on policy that actually helps people. Rouse explains why President Biden wants to spend trillions of dollars to reshape the economy, and why \\u2014 as the first Black chair of the C.E.A. \\u2014 she has a good idea of what needs fixing.'