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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Was the Twitter clout-chasing really worth it?
Shareholders vs. stakeholders, and the purpose of a corporation
Israel, Ukraine and U.S. military aid
A moment of economic peril
Hot strike summer isn’t over
The speaker ouster and its cost to our democracy
Crypto goes to court
Consumers are still living it up
Washington’s looming deadlines (note the plural)
The sliver of the federal budget Congress is fighting over
Musk and the military industrial complex
The real problem with passing the federal budget
Why big GOP money matters less than ever
Corruption is a bipartisan problem
What a shock to the economy could mean right now
AI and its role in elections
The clash of Bidenomics and MAGAnomics
What’s happening in Congress is not normal
The quest for a perfect smile
What happened to stakeholder capitalism?
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