General Electric is breaking up! The megacorporation is splintering off into three separate companies. We’ll get into what that means for one of America’s biggest industrial conglomerates. Also, guest host Amy Scott joins us to discuss the dangers of humanitarian work in times of war. And dynamic pricing is coming for checked luggage. We’ll get smart (and angry!) about airline baggage fees.
Here’s everything we talked about today:
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The origins of the Fed’s 2% inflation target
The welfare-to-work industrial complex
The U.S. is graying. What does that mean for the economy?
A medical brain drain out of Texas
The Titanic sub and the migrant shipwreck
The economic status of Black Americans
What it really takes to live in New York City
The fringe medical group pushing anti-LGBTQ laws
Reddit’s pricing protest
Live from Seattle Part 2: We talk to Lindy West
EV batteries, industrial policy and you
Make Me Smart: Live in Seattle
What’s behind the climate culture wars? (rerun)
Financially Inclined: What you need to know before investing in the stock market
A Fedspeak dilemma: to “skip” or “pause” rates?
The Supreme Court’s “shadow docket” is in the spotlight
The real story behind the red-blue hiring divide
YouTube’s 180 on misinformation
A tale of two debt dramas on Capitol Hill
Extraordinary measures for extraordinary times
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