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05/10/21: How COVID spurred a shortage of everything from chicken to new cars
05/10/21: How COVID spurred a shortage of everything from chicken to new cars
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Length:
33 minutes
Released:
May 7, 2021
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Podcast episode
Description
Missteps at the beginning of the pandemic are now leading to serious shortages in just about everything, sending prices soaring. Reporters Ally Marotti and John Pletz join host Amy Guth to discuss how tight supply could threaten to slow the nation’s economic recovery.
Plus: Illinois could fully reopen as soon as June 11, a large electric vehicle plant is coming to Joliet, big names preparing bids for Medline, grocery prices are going up, and a proposed weed bill calls for three lotteries to increase the number of pot stores in the state.
Plus: Illinois could fully reopen as soon as June 11, a large electric vehicle plant is coming to Joliet, big names preparing bids for Medline, grocery prices are going up, and a proposed weed bill calls for three lotteries to increase the number of pot stores in the state.
Released:
May 7, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
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