Today, the Biden administration announced plans to implement strict staffing requirements at nursing homes. Kimberly Adams unpacks what this rule may mean for care and the nursing home business model. Plus, guest host Nova Safo returns to discuss the United Auto Workers’ historic victory in the South and the latest troubles at Tesla. And, high-speed rail is finally coming to the U.S.
Here’s everything we talked about today:
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Is spying really happening at U.S. ports?
NATO’s place in the global economy
Thoughts on Navalny’s death
Biden is entering his TikTok era
What it’s like to be in Gaza right now
Love, money and this economy
The real danger behind Trump’s remarks on NATO
Gender and the labor market
The snowball effect of high interest rates on the national debt
The young (wealthy) Americans
Immigration policy as economic policy
20 years of Facebook
The car industry has a forced-labor problem
Copyright law in the age of AI
Our takeaway from the Big Tech CEO hearing
Turbulence at Boeing
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)
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