The $1,400 direct checks to people are the most expensive and perhaps most popular part of the $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package signed by President Joe Biden on March 11. The package contains a lot of provisions that will help struggling Americans, and we understand why the checks are so popular. But as economists, we
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