Today, we’re talking about two different kinds of bans. As expected, President Joe Biden signed the TikTok sell-or-ban bill. But first, guest host Meghan McCarty Carino breaks down the Federal Trade Commission’s decision to ban noncompete agreements and their impact on workers and innovation. Plus, we’ll smile about Emily Dickinson and her newfound love of exclamation points!!! And how “old” is “old”?
Here’s everything we talked about today:
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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
A possible U-turn for driverless cars?
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