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Fishkind Conversations: Dr. Fishkind's Economic Prescriptions For Faster Recovery

Hank Fishkind. Photo: Matthew Peddie, WMFE
Hank Fishkind. Photo: Matthew Peddie, WMFE

Vaccinations are getting underway this week across the US, in all 50 states. Most states are starting inoculations with frontline health care workers.

The process of vaccinating the majority of citizens will be slow, with experts projecting large swaths of the population will be vaccinated by early next summer.

Although it will be months before most of us get a vaccine, economic analyst Dr. Hank Fishkind has some economic “prescriptions” he says can accelerate the financial recovery, using policies on the state level and responsible behavior among individuals.

Click the Play Audio button to hear their conversation.

Nicole came to Central Florida to attend Rollins College and started working for Orlando’s ABC News Radio affiliate shortly after graduation. She joined Central Florida Public Media in 2010. As a field reporter, news anchor and radio show host in the City Beautiful, she has covered everything from local arts to national elections, from extraordinary hurricanes to historic space flights, from the people and procedures of Florida’s justice system to the changing face of the state’s economy.