Relaunch in the United States: "The Biden plan is focused on the middle classes"

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The new American president's stimulus package is comparable to what Franklin Roosevelt launched in the early 1930s with his “New Deal”, according to Philip Golub.

REUTERS - JOSHUA ROBERTS

By: Jean-Baptiste Marot Follow

7 mins

It is this Wednesday that the American Congress should vote a stimulus plan of 1.9 trillion dollars, the equivalent of the Italian GDP.

Objective: to boost the country's growth by increasing public aid.

States and communities could receive $ 350 billion in aid.

Fight against the pandemic, help for families, employment, Joe Biden sends a strong symbol to the population at the start of his mandate.

Analysis by Philip Golub, professor of political science and international relations at the American University of Paris.   

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Philip Golub is the author of

Another History of American Power

(Threshold).

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