In the first major staffing announcement of his incoming administration, President-elect Biden named Ron Klain, Obama\u2019s ebola czar, as his chief of staff. We had a great conversation with Klain back in April, in which he argued that leadership failure and government unpreparedness made the pandemic much worse in the U.S. Now\u2019s a great time to refresh yourself on this episode if you\u2019re wondering how the Biden-Harris administration will respond to the coronavirus and approach wide-spread economic recovery.<\/p>
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Ronald Klain is a lawyer who served as the White House Ebola response coordinator for President Obama. He has held a wide variety of legal and policy positions in government, including his service as chief of staff to VPs Biden and Gore, chief of staff to the attorney general, associate counsel to the president, and chief counsel to the Senate Judiciary Committee. After serving as an advisor to the Biden 2020 campaign, he was named chief of staff for the incoming Biden administration.\u00a0<\/p>
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Twitter: @RonaldKlain<\/a><\/p> Show us some love by leaving a rating or a review! RateThisPodcast.com\/pitchforkeconomics<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0<\/p> Further reading:\u00a0<\/p> Confronting the Pandemic Threat: https:\/\/democracyjournal.org\/magazine\/40\/confronting-the-pandemic-threat\/<\/a><\/p> Biden Names Ron Klain as White House Chief of Staff: https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/11\/11\/us\/politics\/ron-klain-biden.html<\/a><\/p> We\u2019re past \u2018if\u2019 on the coronavirus. We\u2019re on to \u2018how bad will it be?\u2019: https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/the-coronavirus-has-landed-in-the-us-heres-how-we-can-reduce-the-risk\/2020\/01\/22\/afebe9ee-3d53-11ea-baca-eb7ace0a3455_story.html<\/a><\/p> Trump says US has coronavirus \u2018completely under control\u2019 as Washington state confirms first case outside of Asia: https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/americas\/trump-coronavirus-china-wuhan-disease-outbreak-airport-screening-travel-a9296926.html<\/a><\/p> Obama\u2019s ebola czar on what strong federal response looks like: https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/ebola-czar-ron-klain-federal-coronavirus-response\/<\/a><\/p> The huge cost of waiting to contain the pandemic: https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/04\/14\/opinion\/covid-social-distancing.html<\/a><\/p> Website: http:\/\/pitchforkeconomics.com\/<\/a><\/p> Twitter: @PitchforkEcon<\/a><\/p> Instagram: @pitchforkeconomics<\/a><\/p> Nick\u2019s twitter: @NickHanauer<\/a><\/p>\n \n
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