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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From “Million Bazillion”: What are labor unions?
The value of “third places”
What grocery aisle gossip can tell us about the economy
The lowdown on joint fundraising committees
A phantom debt menace
The power of college endowments
Private equity is coming for pet care
Europe’s new economic engines
No “stag” no “flation”
The rising pressure on poll workers
The trade-offs of the trade deficit
Biden’s regulation rush
College campus protests and the value of a degree
A stock pop and a stock flop
The dollar store dilemma
Big change coming to nursing homes
A revamp for Title IX
What you need to know about tariffs
A new day for labor organizing in the South?
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