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How tourist destinations recover after terrorism
Mardi Gras is in full swing. It's a crucial time for the New Orleans' economy, but the celebrations are cast behind the shadow of the recent terroris…
1 year ago
Slender Starbucks, Medicaid at risk, and the gold card visa
It's Indicators of the Week! Our weekly look at interesting numbers from the news.
On today's show, we have potential cuts ahead for Medicaid, Starbu…
1 year ago
Europe's NATO members take an economic hit
When it comes to defense, one thing looks certain: European members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) are going to have to pay more. C…
1 year ago
A polite message from Canada to the U.S.
President Donald Trump has said that Canada should be the 51st state... and Canadians? Well, they're furious about it. The nation's former finance mi…
1 year ago
What's the long-term cost of federal layoffs?
The personal story of how an energetic lawyer got knocked off from her dream career and what she thinks that might mean for whether the government ca…
1 year ago
What if our income was taxed ... totally differently?
We are back to answer YOUR listener questions. This time, we answer why bananas can be considered the 'unbothered fruit', what a flat income tax woul…
1 year ago
Chicken meat, Gulf of Mexico lawsuit and Social Security beyond the grave
Surprisingly stable chicken meat prices, a lawsuit threat against the Gulf of Mexico's name change, and the Trump administration's false claims about…
1 year ago
What happens when billions of dollars in research funding goes away
Federal funding from the National Institutes of Health has driven the biomedical research industry in cities across America including Birmingham, Ala…
1 year ago
How USAID cuts hurt American farmers
The ties between U.S. foreign aid and American agriculture run deep — or at least used to. The U.S. International Agency for Development, or USAID, i…
1 year ago
What the cluck is happening with egg prices?
We visit a local egg farm and talk to an industry analyst to get to the bottom of why the prices of eggs are soaring so quickly and when they might c…
1 year ago