After the coronavirus lockdown, unemployment soared and the stock market crashed. Congress quickly passed the CARES{:.small} Act, and the Federal Reserve took action to shore up the economy, averting a collapse of the financial system. But millions of Americans are still unemployed, and another wave of business closures looms. John Cassidy joins Dorothy Wickenden to discuss the economic and political response to the coronavirus pandemic thus far, and what can be done to restore stability to the economy and to Americans’ lives.

##More on the Coronavirus

• To protect American lives and revive the economy, Donald Trump and Jared Kushner should listen to Anthony Fauci rather than trash him.
• We should look to students to conceive of appropriate school-reopening plans. It is not too late to ask what they really want.
• A pregnant pediatrician on what children need during the crisis.
• Trump is helping tycoons who have donated to his reëlection campaign exploit the pandemic to maximize profits.
• Meet the high-finance mogul in charge of our economic recovery.
• The coronavirus is likely to reshape architecture. What kinds of space are we willing to live and work in now?