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Jul 2023
18m 21s

Business daily meets: Janelle Jones

Bbc World Service
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Janelle Jones is currently the chief economist of one of the biggest union movements in America and before that she worked in White House. Janelle was the first black woman to serve as chief economist in the Labor department. She tells us about her time there, how she got into economics and what keeps her grounded.

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