The Joe Biden administration announced highly anticipated updates to Title IX. The new rule expands protections for LGBTQ+ students and sexual assault survivors. But it stops short of addressing the rights of trans athletes. Then, we’ll get into the outrageous hoops rich people jump through to get out of paying state taxes. Plus, we’ll weigh in on swapping seats on airplanes and more in a round of Half Full/Half Empty!
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What you need to know about ranked choice voting
Retail theft and capitalism today
Our 1,000th episode!
What happened to economic conservatism?
A new demographic reality is coming
How farmworkers were left behind
The jumbled world of college sports
Name that (economic) tune
Who should get overtime pay?
The plastic recycling hoax
The rise of homeownership sans insurance
Smash the patriarchy … and the pumpkins
A glitch in the consumer-driven recovery
Nvidia is riding the AI wave
Our driverless car future
The case to raise the inflation target
Turmoil in the television industry
The misunderstood Inflation Reduction Act
What Los Angeles can learn from Detroit about addressing homelessness
Artificial intelligence at work
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