Will the West keep up its tough stance against Putin?

President Biden is up against it trying to make his economic case to a nation reeling from inflation exacerbated by rising energy prices due to the war in Ukraine. Is the political will there to maintain the pressure on Vladimir Putin? Joining the show to answer those thorny questions is Jared Bernstein, a top economic adviser in the Biden administration. 

Also on today's episode: A.J. Baime, author of "White Lies: The Double Life of Walter F. White and America’s Darkest Secrets"; Zanny Minton Beddoes, Editor-in-Chief of The Economist, who recently met with Ukrainian President Zelensky.

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