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Weekly Wrap: Amazon buys Whole Foods. Now what?
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Molly Wood
Jun 16, 2017
It wasn't long ago Amazon was just a quaint online book store.
Weekly Wrap: How much more chaos can one global economy stand?
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Kai Ryssdal
Jun 9, 2017
Sheelah Kolhatkar of The New Yorker and David Gura of Bloomberg join us to discuss the week’s business and economic news. With the stunning election results in Britain now final, we look at how the political turmoil will impact Brexit negotiations and if the European Union now has leverage. Then, we turn our attention to […]
Weekly Wrap: What business is saying about Trump's Paris Agreement withdrawal
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Kai Ryssdal
Jun 2, 2017
Ana Swanson of The Washington Post and Sudeep Reddy of Politico join us to discuss the week’s business and economic news. We discuss the latest unemployment rate; with the country at almost full employment, what are the chances of inflation rising? Plus, we look at the business world’s reaction after President Trump’s withdrawal from the […]
Weekly Wrap: What Trump's budget proposal really means
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Kai Ryssdal
May 26, 2017
Ana Swanson of The Washington Post and Nela Richardson of Redfin join us to discuss the week’s business and economic news. This week, they talk about Donald Trump’s plan on achieving 3 percent economic growth and if the math adds up. How does Paul Ryan plan on dealing with the administration’s budget? Plus, we revisit […]
Weekly Wrap: What will happen to Trump's economic agenda?
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Kai Ryssdal
May 19, 2017
Rachel Abrams of the New York Times and Sudeep Reddy of Politico join us to discuss the week’s business and economic news. This week, they talk about how the latest revelations from the White House will affect Donald Trump’s economic agenda ahead of his trip to Saudi Arabia. Plus, with the controversies surrounding Trump and former […]
Weekly Wrap: Trump's command of the facts
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Kai Ryssdal
May 12, 2017
Catherine Rampell of The Washington Post and Linette Lopez of Business Insider join us to discuss the week’s business and economic news. This week they talk about if President Trump’s firing of James Comey will slow down the administration’s economic agenda. Plus, they analyze Trump’s handling of the facts in his interview with The Economist.
Weekly Wrap: Can Trump's tax reform hold up?
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Kai Ryssdal
May 5, 2017
Cardiff Garcia from FT Alphaville and Rachel Abrams from The New York Times join us to discuss the week’s business and economic news. This week they discuss the numbers from the recent jobs report and try to piece together President Trump’s tax reform plan. Just what challenges does his plan present?
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Weekly Wrap: How far do Trump's executive orders go?
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Kai Ryssdal
Apr 21, 2017
Rachel Abrams of the New York Times and David Gura of Bloomberg join us to discuss the week’s business and economic news. This week, they talk about whether the Trump administration can meet any of its major pledges before its first 100 days. Also, Trump has signed a lot of executive orders, but are they doing […]
Weekly Wrap: Trump is getting an economic crash-course
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Kai Ryssdal
Apr 14, 2017
Which begs the question: Did he know what he was talking about during the campaign?
Weekly Wrap: What the numbers are really telling us
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Kai Ryssdal
Apr 7, 2017
Sudeep Reddy of Politico and Linette Lopez of Business Insider join us to discuss the week’s business and economic news. This week, they talk about what numbers we should really be focusing on to judge the economy, and the latest happenings at the Federal Reserve.