MSU dean on economic impact of government shutdown on Missouri and the U.S.

It’s now been four weeks since the federal government shut down over Congress’s inability to pass a temporary spending bill.

Jeff Jones, Associate Dean of Missouri State University’s Business school, told Missourinet that the federal government touches numerous points of the state’s economy:

“You know, whether it be, ‘oh, I need to go do this, or I want to visit a National Park,’ or whatever, and when people encounter (that) those services aren’t available, I think it probably just raises awareness of exactly the overall impact of the federal government,” Jones said.

He specifically addressed Missouri’s agriculture industry.

“When it comes to say, you know, federal government aid related to different types of programs, whether it be crops, whether it be drought assistance — I think it