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 politics of a booming energy industry
What does a UAW endorsement mean for Biden?
What Congress doesn’t want to talk about (tax hikes)
What happens when private equity firms own nursing homes?
When campaign-finance law looks like an unfunny joke
It’s a rough housing market out there, folks
More Big Tech layoffs. Is AI to blame?
What federal rulemaking power has to do with the economy
The afterlife of MLK’s call for a guaranteed income
When substances are legal but dangerous
The federal budget loop de loop
The risky business of bitcoin ETFs
The death of social media as we know it
Let’s talk about privilege in the workplace
From “Million Bazillion”: What’s a recession?
The new in-space economy (rerun)
Who benefits from the welfare-to-work system?
A U.S. history lesson through food (rerun)
The real costs of reality TV
Where’s the (lab-grown) beef? (rerun)
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