Why is the child tax credit good economic policy? (with Wendy Bach)
Why is the child tax credit good economic policy? (with Wendy Bach)  
Podcast: Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
Published On: Tue Aug 24 2021
Description: Everything you need to know about what the expanded child tax credit actually is, why it’s good policy, and how it will impact people’s lives.  Wendy Bach is a Professor of Law at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. She is a nationally recognized expert in poverty law.  Twitter: @wendyabach Biden’s child tax credit is a step away from a discriminatory system: https://qz.com/2034199/how-does-the-us-child-tax-credit-work/ Two-thirds of people now receive monthly benefit checks: https://www.peoplespolicyproject.org/2021/07/19/two-thirds-of-people-now-receive-monthly-benefit-checks/  The time tax: https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2021/07/how-government-learned-waste-your-time-tax/619568/  Website: http://pitchforkeconomics.com/ Twitter: @PitchforkEcon Instagram: @pitchforkeconomics Nick’s twitter: @NickHanauer