Helping Hands

Speaking of the Economy by Richmond Fed

Jul 8, 202611:10Government & Organizations

John Bailey Jones and Jason Kosakow discuss their research on how family members and friends give their time and money to help each other and how these transfers benefit households. Jones is vice president of microeconom...

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