Deficit spending in an emergency with Brett House

Brett House is vice-president and deputy chief economist at ScotiaBank. Among a long list of past roles, he's served as principal advisor in the office of the UN Secretary-General and as an economist at the International Monetary Fund.

In this episode Nate and Brett discuss Canada's fiscal response to the pandemic, whether the significant size of new deficit spending is affordable and justified, and how and when we should assess concerns about new deficits and debt.