romaine: great to get your thoughts, veronica clark. great discussion on the stimulus checks, on the economic recovery. we will continue that conversation in a bit. after the break, nathan will be joining us to give us his thoughts. this is york, coming up o bloomberg. ♪ joe: today, we are discussing the recently agreed upon u.s. stimulus aid and the $600 checks coming with it. , nathane insight tankus. you tend to be soft-spoken and hold your attendings -- opinions back on twitter and your newsletter. do you share larry's view that $2000 checks would lead to overheating of the economy? nathan: no, i don't. i think it is an absurd proposition. verynk in general, it is a strange position for larry summers to be speaking out because he has been talking for years and years. why don'tt did he say you just send out to thousand dollar checks one time and we .ill get over this stagnation i think it is an absurd proposition but at least it is the right conversation about inflation. romaine: it is about inflation. he tried to defend himself toda