It’s hard to get around without a car these days. But in the last couple of years, owning one has become very expensive. We’ll explain the deceptive practices happening in the auto lending market. And, we’ll explain how Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s power in the Democratic Party was demonstrated by a campaign contribution. Plus, we’ll play a round of Half Full/Half Empty and weigh in on “dumbphones” and adult gap years.
Here’s everything we talked about today:
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The work that awaits Congress in March
Economic sanctions vs. boycotts
Nvidia’s AI chips are the hot new thing
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
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