Today, we’re picking guest host Amy Scott’s brain about two major news stories: the Baltimore bridge collapse and the recent Realtors settlement. We have lots of questions for the Baltimore resident and senior Marketplace correspondent covering all things housing! Plus, we’ll celebrate an American teen who made figure skating history.
Here’s everything we talked about today:
Join us tomorrow for Economics on Tap! The YouTube livestream starts at 3:30 p.m. Pacific time, 6:30 p.m. Eastern. We’ll have news, drinks, a game and more.
How popular food brands get away with using prison labor
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
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