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Backlash prompts slashed World Cup ticket prices

17 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

From the BBC World Service: FIFA has said it will release $60 seats for next year's World Cup, following complaints from fans over high prices. After ...

Tech sector job postings on Indeed (mostly) stabilized this year

17 Dec 2025

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A career in tech was once seen as a safe bet — the jobs were plentiful, the pay was ample. But this year the tech sector had another “meh” year ...

Unemployment hits four-year high

16 Dec 2025

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The U.S. unemployment rate climbed to 4.6% in November, according to the latest BLS jobs report. There’s also data showing more Americans are reente...

The "invisible workforce" of family caregivers

16 Dec 2025

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Roughly 1 in 4 Americans now identifies as a family caregiver. That share has risen dramatically over the past decade. With more people needing care a...

The rise of cash-only care

16 Dec 2025

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The cost of health insurance is becoming increasingly unaffordable. With many Affordable Care Act marketplace subsidies set to expire, coverage is abo...

The November jobs report, finally

16 Dec 2025

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How many jobs did the U.S. economy gain or lose last month? We'll find out later this morning. The numbers are about a week late, as the folks at the ...

Volkswagen closes a plant in Germany for the first time

16 Dec 2025

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From the BBC World Service: Volkswagen has been making cars in Germany for 88 years. In all that time, it's never closed a manufacturing plant in its ...

How states are competing in the data center gold rush

16 Dec 2025

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Tech giants are estimated to have spent almost $400 billion in capital expenditures this year, mostly to build data centers for artificial intelligenc...

Time to strike out on your own?

15 Dec 2025

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IRS filings for new business applications have been climbing the past few months — particularly in the retail sector. The last time we saw a spike l...

China's economy hits a rough patch

15 Dec 2025

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There’s more evidence that China’s economy is stalling. Beijing released a batch of government data today that was not encouraging. Chinese consum...

A defense bill about more than just defense

15 Dec 2025

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This week, the Senate is set to take up the $900 billion National Defense Authorization Act. The House passed it last week. It is more than 3,000 page...

Air pollution in Delhi is hitting consumers, businesses

15 Dec 2025

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From the BBC World Service: "It's like I'm standing inside a cloud of dust and smoke," says BBC correspondent Devina Gupta of air quality in India's c...

More "This Is Uncomfortable" is on the way

15 Dec 2025

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“This Is Uncomfortable” returns Jan. 15. Listen to this note from Reema for more, including an exciting change — we're going to start coming to ...

A case for AI models that understand, not just predict, the way the world works

15 Dec 2025

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Gary Marcus, professor emeritus at NYU, explains the differences between large language models and "world models" — and why he thinks the latter are...

Floridians feel the impacts of climate change

13 Dec 2025

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Florida is a state that often feels tangible impacts of climate change, with strong storms and hurricanes making landfall in the state every hurricane...

The stock market isn't the economy — but it's not nothing either

12 Dec 2025

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While markets are mellowing a bit, three major stock indexes closed at record highs on Thursday. Reminder: The stock market is not the economy! But it...

Getting into the deregulation business

12 Dec 2025

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The Trump administration is reconfiguring a government watchdog that grew out of the Great Recession. The Financial Stability Oversight Council watche...

What the vibe of your office holiday party says your workplace

12 Dec 2025

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It’s the most wonderful time of the year — and with that, the obligatory office holiday party. Thing is, some choices around holiday parties can t...

Reddit fights Australia's social media ban

12 Dec 2025

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From the BBC World Service: Reddit has filed a lawsuit calling for Australia's social media ban for children under 16 to be declared invalid. The text...

Bytes: Week in Review - Apple's leadership departures raises concerns over its AI future

12 Dec 2025

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There’s been something of a critical mass of high-profile departures and retirement announcements at Apple in recent weeks. Plus, how will consumers...

Why the Fed is thinking about immigration

11 Dec 2025

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Federal Reserve Chair Jay Powell’s latest presser was all about the job market. Buried among the usual talking points, like hiring sentiment and the...

Why the Fed cut interest rates

11 Dec 2025

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The Federal Reserve cut interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point Wednesday. And this decision comes as President Donald Trump continues to pu...

When the job market is a "complicated, unusual, difficult situation"

11 Dec 2025

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The Federal Reserve decided to cut interest rates again at its meeting this week, partly because Fed officials think the labor market is weaker than i...

ICE raids harken back to COVID-era hardship

11 Dec 2025

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The COVID-19 pandemic changed the economic circumstances of many, creating demand for direct aid, interrupting consumer spending, and altering the nat...

Mexico raises tariffs on imports from Asia

11 Dec 2025

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From the BBC World Service: Mexico’s parliament has voted in favor of a bill imposing tariffs of between 5% and 50% on more than 1,400 products from...

The little-known regulatory bodies that can make or break AI data centers

11 Dec 2025

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The AI boom is propelling a once-obscure group of state regulators into key decision-making roles for the economy. AI needs data centers, data centers...

Fed rate cut diverges from global central bank strategy

10 Dec 2025

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The Federal Reserve cut its key interest rate Wednesday by a quarter point. That’s pretty much what analysts expected. But in other parts of the wor...

On Instacart: same store, same item, different price

10 Dec 2025

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Dynamic pricing is here. Several consumer groups designed a shopping experiment with hundreds of volunteers who shopped on Instacart for the same prod...

Beware of shady refinance offers

10 Dec 2025

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Today, the Federal Reserve is expected to lower interest rates by a quarter point. While there's no guarantee of it, the move could translate to lower...

Amazon announces mega investment in India

10 Dec 2025

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From the BBC World Service: Amazon has announced plans to double its investment in India by 2030 — to the tune of around $35 billion — with a foc...

The latest TV innovations have their critics

10 Dec 2025

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The extended Black Friday sale season means a lot of people have been buying new TVs. The top sets today can display in up to 8K Ultra High Definition...

The great decoupling

09 Dec 2025

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When revenue grows, hiring grows — usually. But in November, retail sector job cuts were up nearly 140% year over year, according to outplacement fi...

Deep-sea mining: The next frontier for critical minerals

09 Dec 2025

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Rare-earth elements help power our everyday electrical devices, and that’s because most batteries are made with minerals like lithium, nickel, cobal...

Everyone wants a piece of Warner Bros.

09 Dec 2025

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Today, we're walking you through the Hollywood drama currently unfolding over Warner Bros. Discovery. The studio's board has already approved an acqui...

Walmart is moving (to the Nasdaq)

09 Dec 2025

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Walmart is moving from the New York Stock Exchange to the Nasdaq market. It's the biggest company ever to make the switch. Thing is, Nasdaq has a cool...

Kids in Australia are about to lose social media access

09 Dec 2025

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From the BBC World Service: A new law comes into force in Australia today, banning children under 16 from some of their favorite social media platform...

3D printing was supposed to disrupt prosthetic costs. It hasn’t.

09 Dec 2025

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Prosthetic limbs can be expensive, costing thousands to hundreds of thousands of dollars. So the industry seemed ripe for disruption when 3D printing ...

What's in the long-awaited farmer relief package

08 Dec 2025

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We now know some details about the Trump administration’s promised agricultural relief package. Central to the plan is billions in one-time payments...

In case you forgot, this is a K-shaped economy

08 Dec 2025

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First up on the show: Jamie Dimon, CEO of JPMorgan Chase, says the economy is doing well. After all, consumers are chugging along, and the stock marke...

Trump's ability to fire has its day in court

08 Dec 2025

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The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments this morning in Trump v. Slaughter, a case that has broad implications for consumers and workers. The...

U.S. tariffs fail to dent China's trade surplus

08 Dec 2025

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From the BBC World Service: The latest economic data from China shows that while exports to the U.S. crashed over the past year, China's towering annu...

Using AI chatbots for mental health support poses serious risks for teens, report finds

08 Dec 2025

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A new report from Stanford and Common Sense Media finds that more than half of U.S. teens use AI chatbots for companionship. But, according to Dr. Dar...

Small businesses walk an affordability tightrope

05 Dec 2025

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Small business owners know affordability is top-of-mind for their customers. But as margins grow narrower, keeping prices as-is isn’t always possibl...

Shopping through a K-shaped holiday season

05 Dec 2025

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As another holiday season kicked off on Black Friday, finding the perfect gift is top of mind for many. But how much will weary American consumers be ...

Spotify Wrapped, user data, and FOMO

05 Dec 2025

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How wired into your brain are tech companies? Spotify offers us a clue. The streaming company runs its Spotify Wrapped marketing campaign every Decemb...

Could Netflix buy Warner Bros. Discovery?

05 Dec 2025

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At the moment, it seems like it — according to Bloomberg, Warner Bros. Discovery is in exclusive talks with Netflix over a deal. Warner Bros. would...

India's biggest airline faces another day of delays and cancellations

05 Dec 2025

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From the BBC World Service: Major airports in India have descended into chaos after the airline IndiGo either canceled or delayed hundreds of flights ...

Bytes: Week in Review - Amazon scales back AI anime dubs

05 Dec 2025

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The Trump administration has been trying for months to ban AI regulations at the state level. And its latest gambit to roll such a measure into the co...

What's next for the Fed?

04 Dec 2025

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Changes are afoot at the Federal Reserve: President Donald Trump will name a new Fed chair in the coming year, and the central bank’s job could get ...

Is the U.S. a gerontocracy?

04 Dec 2025

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The average age of Congress' members has gotten older compared to the Americans it represents. This 119th Congress is the third oldest since 1789. On ...

California wine grapes rot on the vine

04 Dec 2025

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These days, Americans are drinking less alcohol. While that may be a positive from a health perspective, it’s not great news for California grape gr...

Not REAL ID-compliant? Get ready to pay up.

04 Dec 2025

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The Transportation Security Administration announced earlier this week that passengers without a REAL ID or other acceptable documents (like a passpor...

Meta faces an investigation over AI in WhatsApp

04 Dec 2025

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From the BBC World Service: European antitrust regulators have just launched an investigation into Meta over its rollout of artificial intelligence fe...

Have we given up on data privacy?

04 Dec 2025

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Every day, consumers are confronted with the fragility of our personal data privacy — another data breach, another government agency accessing datab...

Small businesses pull back on hiring

03 Dec 2025

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Small business owners’ economic moods remain mixed. But, as is so often the case, how folks feel is different from how they act. And hard data tells...

Making university research make money

03 Dec 2025

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The Trump administration has been clear about its desire for deep federal funding cuts to university research. So, some institutions of higher learnin...

A fuel efficiency rollback

03 Dec 2025

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President Donald Trump plans to announce weaker fuel efficiency standards for cars and trucks at a White House event today. The move will likely rever...

Europeans pledge to cut out Russian gas

03 Dec 2025

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From the BBC World Service: European politicians have reached a provisional agreement to phase out imports of Russian gas by 2027. Exports of oil and ...

What happens when all your coworkers are AI?

03 Dec 2025

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman once speculated that we'll soon see the first billion-dollar company run by one person and an army of AI agents. Journalist Evan...

A Fed divided against itself

02 Dec 2025

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The Federal Reserve’s quantitative approach to monetary policy decisions means its governors tend to reach consensus. But in the past few meetings, ...

The human story behind a digital time capsule

02 Dec 2025

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If you could send a message to yourself, 20 years into the future, what would you say? On today’s show, Scientific American’s editor-in-chief Davi...

A sign investors think the economy will remain strong

02 Dec 2025

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Corporate bond spreads, extra compensation that corporate bonds pay out compared to government bonds, have been narrowing this year, which means inves...

Costco wants its tariff money back

02 Dec 2025

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If Trump's tariffs are illegal, Costco wants a refund. The lawsuits that brought President Trump’s tariffs before the Supreme Court last month were ...

The U.K. agrees to pay more for American meds

02 Dec 2025

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From the BBC World Service: The U.K. government has hailed a deal with the United States to keep tariffs on U.K. pharmaceutical shipments into the U.S...

The Emotionally Awkward Cost of Money, from “Alive with Steve Burns”

02 Dec 2025

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Reema and the team are working on some updates to the podcast that will arrive in your feeds in the new year. You’ve been telling us you want more T...

How far away are we from humanoid robots doing our chores?

02 Dec 2025

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Robots are commonplace in factories, and increasingly in warehouses like those run by Amazon. But what about robots to help with household chores — ...

Too much oil, too little demand

01 Dec 2025

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The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries will hold oil production steady next quarter as global supply remains unusually high, driven by reco...

Private judges for hire

01 Dec 2025

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On today's show, we're lifting the veil on a little-known profession in the legal field: private judges. These are judges that businesses or individua...

A spendy, splurgy Black Friday

01 Dec 2025

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Despite wavering confidence, Adobe says consumer spending broke records on Black Friday, clocking in at more than $11 billion. Shoppers were enticed b...

Factory output in China falls yet again

01 Dec 2025

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From the BBC World Service: Factories in China have long been an engine of economic growth, so it's worrying for leaders in Beijing that a new survey ...

What it's like to be in a relationship where wearable AI records your conversations

01 Dec 2025

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Marketplace's Matt Levin visits a couple in suburban Sacramento who both use an AI-enabled pendant that acts as a personal assistant — and sometimes...

'Tis the season for credit card debt

28 Nov 2025

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Holiday spending tends to drive up U.S. consumers’ credit card debt. In the past, most households were able to pay down that debt come the new year....

From "Million Bazillion": What is Black Friday?

28 Nov 2025

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Each year on Black Friday, millions of Americans go out in search of the best holiday season shopping deals. But have you ever wondered about the orig...

A scourge of "lawless, stateless" vessels

28 Nov 2025

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But for years now, Russia has gotten around some of these sanctions through its so-called "shadow fleet" — unidentified tankers sailing with no flag...

The hunt for deals begins. Ready, set, go!

28 Nov 2025

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Black Friday still brings more shoppers into stores than any other day of the year. For many, it’s the official kick-off to the holiday shopping sea...

A pipeline to transport Albertan oil to Canada's Pacific Coast

28 Nov 2025

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From the BBC World Service: Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney has struck a deal for a 700-mile pipeline carrying 1 million barrels of oil a day to C...

AI's role in improving accessibility

28 Nov 2025

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Accessibility has long been aided by the advancement of technology. When it comes to artificial intelligence, accessibility is top of mind for Taylor ...

Holiday hiring doldrums

27 Nov 2025

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Retailers don’t seem to be looking for many temp workers this holiday season. But it’s not the only sector that hires winter workers — event ven...

From "How We Survive": The Dry Line

27 Nov 2025

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Hey Smarties! Happy Thanksgiving. Today we’re sharing an episode from the latest season of Marketplace’s climate podcast, “How We Survive,” th...

Teaching students to be ethical AI users

27 Nov 2025

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It's been almost three years since ChatGPT went live to the world, and it quickly became a helper or shortcut for students. (Ora tool to cheat.) Like...

It's been a rollercoaster for Six Flags

27 Nov 2025

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Can a new CEO help turn things around? It’s a rocky time for regional theme parks that aren’t major travel destinations, as they compete for visit...

A tax-raising budget for the U.K.

27 Nov 2025

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From the BBC World Service: The U.K. government's economic outlook response document was accidentally published a half hour early on Wednesday, before...

Can digital apps help solve Africa’s unemployment crisis?

27 Nov 2025

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Sub-Saharan Africa has a youth unemployment problem. The latest figures from the International Labour Organisation show more than one in five young pe...

Predicting the Fed's every move

26 Nov 2025

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Yields on government bonds can tell us how investors think the Federal Reserve will act. In this episode, we break down what falling yields on short-,...

A tricky time to be a recent college grad

26 Nov 2025

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New research from the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland finds that earning a college degree can still help you keep a job and get higher wages, but it...

Slimmed down Medicare prices for diabetes and obesity drugs

26 Nov 2025

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Medicare will get a 71% discount off the list price of Ozempic and Wegovy starting in 2027. That will bring the monthly costs of those drugs down from...

Alibaba, clowd growth, and the AI frenzy

26 Nov 2025

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From the BBC World Service: Shares in Alibaba rose after the Chinese e-commerce company reported a 34% increase in revenue for its cloud computing div...

Feeding the Family (bonus episode)

26 Nov 2025

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We’re dropping into your feeds today to share this special bonus episode. For many people gathering around the table this holiday season, things fee...

AI-enabled ed tech vendors fail to disclose capabilities and safeguards, report finds

26 Nov 2025

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Hannah Quay-de la Vallee, senior technologist at the Center for Democracy and Technology, coauthored a recent report that recommends more transparency...

Much ado about affordability

25 Nov 2025

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“Affordability” — it’s a hot-button issue across the political spectrum. But how does one define or quantify a subjective idea? We called up a...

How prediction markets are transforming sports betting

25 Nov 2025

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Business has been booming for the online sports betting industry. Prediction markets threw a curveball. On today’s show, sports betting industry wri...

Retiring just on Social Security

25 Nov 2025

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If not for Social Security, more than 37% of older adults would live below the official poverty line, according to the Center on Budget and Policy Pri...

Talkin' turkey (inflation)

25 Nov 2025

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Are the food prices for dishes on your Thanksgiving table going up, down, or staying the same? Well, it all depends on what's on the menu this year. T...

Hamas victims sue Binance

25 Nov 2025

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From the BBC World Service: The world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, Binance, and its founder, Changpeng Zhao, are being sued by victims and fam...

The federal data and tools that "died" this year

25 Nov 2025

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In the Trump administration's efforts to shrink and realign the federal government, datasets on climate, health and demographics have disappeared. Som...

Are more Americans working multiple jobs?

24 Nov 2025

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The delayed-by-the-shutdown September jobs report showed a stronger-than-expected monthly gain of 119,000 jobs, seasonally adjusted. But dig into the ...

Can China spur consumer spending?

24 Nov 2025

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The U.S. economy is often buoyed by consumer spending. In China, however, consumer spending is a much smaller part of economic output. And while the g...

What if you got to choose where your tax dollars went?

24 Nov 2025

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Americans don’t often have a direct say in how their tax dollars get spent; those decisions are generally left to elected officials. But some places...

G20 conference wraps up in South Africa

24 Nov 2025

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From the BBC World Service: A gathering in South Africa of major economies has ended with a joint declaration committing to "multilateral cooperation....

AI-generated "letters to the editor" are flooding academic publications

24 Nov 2025

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Dr. Carlos Chaccour, physician scientist at the University of Navarra, noticed something fishy about a letter to the editor the New England Journal of...