As the United States braces for another surge in daily COVID-19 cases, the pandemic and its effects on the economy are at the forefront of national political conversations. While a first stimulus package, the CARES Act, has already been implemented, the debate over the scale and scope of a second round of stimulus continues. Oliver Niu sat down with Professor Waseem Noor to contextualize the importance of economic stimulus as well as the long term effects of the pandemic on the US economy.