Did pandemic business support work?
b'The U.S. launched the Paycheck Protection Program in April 2020 to save jobs and businesses from the worst effects of the pandemic. Today on the show, a post-mortem on the controversial program and whether it fulfilled its objective. Also, we hear from one company that voluntarily paid back its PPP loan \\u2014 with interest \\u2014 even though it could have qualified for forgiveness.
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