Amanda Aronchik

As U.S. trade with China exploded, American manufacturing shriveled, and workers struggled.

As U.S. trade with China exploded, American manufacturing shriveled, and workers struggled.

As U.S. trade with China exploded, American manufacturing shriveled, and workers struggled.

In a recent Planet Money bonus episode, we hear from the economists who helped tell that story and changed the way economics thinks about the costs of free trade. To hear it, sign up for NPR+. Just go to plus.npr.org.

In a recent Planet Money bonus episode, we hear from the economists who helped tell that story and changed the way economics thinks about the costs of free trade. To hear it, sign up for NPR+. Just go to plus.npr.org.

In a recent Planet Money bonus episode, we hear from the economists who helped tell that story and changed the way economics thinks about the costs of free trade. To hear it, sign up for NPR+. Just go to plus.npr.org.

I'm fine. I'm fine. A tear, Cole, is doing fine for a federal worker right now.

I'm fine. I'm fine. A tear, Cole, is doing fine for a federal worker right now.

I'm fine. I'm fine. A tear, Cole, is doing fine for a federal worker right now.

Yeah. So like If someone eats some bad lettuce with E. coli, a doctor would flag it. And then this system that Atir works on would help everyone try to identify where the E. coli outbreak is coming from.

Yeah. So like If someone eats some bad lettuce with E. coli, a doctor would flag it. And then this system that Atir works on would help everyone try to identify where the E. coli outbreak is coming from.

Yeah. So like If someone eats some bad lettuce with E. coli, a doctor would flag it. And then this system that Atir works on would help everyone try to identify where the E. coli outbreak is coming from.

We're now Doge. Doge. The U.S. Digital Service was now going to be the Department of Government Efficiency, Elon Musk's team.

We're now Doge. Doge. The U.S. Digital Service was now going to be the Department of Government Efficiency, Elon Musk's team.

We're now Doge. Doge. The U.S. Digital Service was now going to be the Department of Government Efficiency, Elon Musk's team.

Was your boss like Elon Musk? No, my boss was still my boss. Atiyah says some Doge people did ask everyone on her team for this interview, like a tell us what you do here interview.

Was your boss like Elon Musk? No, my boss was still my boss. Atiyah says some Doge people did ask everyone on her team for this interview, like a tell us what you do here interview.

Was your boss like Elon Musk? No, my boss was still my boss. Atiyah says some Doge people did ask everyone on her team for this interview, like a tell us what you do here interview.

And it's been, uh... A little chaotic. A lot of mixed messages. A lot of mixed messages. Like, first, they offered buyouts to every single government employee, but not enough people took the buyouts. Then thousands of workers were fired in, like, a blanket way. But then, oh, no, a judge said they actually can't do that. There was that...

And it's been, uh... A little chaotic. A lot of mixed messages. A lot of mixed messages. Like, first, they offered buyouts to every single government employee, but not enough people took the buyouts. Then thousands of workers were fired in, like, a blanket way. But then, oh, no, a judge said they actually can't do that. There was that...