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Weekly Wrap: Is it a health care bill or a redistribution of wealth?

by Kai Ryssdal
Jun 23, 2017
Rachel Abrams from The New York Times and Sheelah Kolhatkar from The New Yorker join us to discuss the week’s business and economic news. Now that Senate Republicans have unveiled their health care plan, a bill drafted in secret, we look at the potential impact it will have on low-income earners and how it could redistribute wealth to […]
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Economists say the bottom line beats presidential callouts for manufacturers

by Mitchell Hartman
Jun 23, 2017
President Trump’s practice of calling out major U.S. corporations to publicly pressure them to keep jobs in the U.S. has been well publicized since the 2016 election campaign. Trump has in the past, for example, criticized the air conditioning company Carrier for plans to move jobs to Mexico. He then took credit when the company […]
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Democratic leaders try to formulate a sound economic message

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer
Jun 22, 2017
Democrats are having a hard time crafting an economic message that gets through to voters. They lost two special congressional elections earlier this week. Some Democrats say being the anti-Trump party is a weak platform on which to take a stand and reach Americans who feel their concerns and needs are not being met. What […]
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What's the difference between the national debt and the deficit?

by Tony Wagner
Jun 22, 2017
Both are hugely important to President Trump and congressional Republicans' priorities, but they need a lot of context.
Director of the Office of Management and Budget Mick Mulvaney testifies during a House Budget Committee hearing concerning the Trump administration's fiscal year 2018 budget, on Capitol Hill, May 24, 2017 in Washington, DC.
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Ford moving compact car production to China

by Adam Allington
Jun 21, 2017
Starting in 2019 Ford will export small cars from China to the U.S.
Focus compact cars are offered for sale at a dealership in Chicago, Illinois.
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How does any work get done when the president is sued?

by Eliza Mills
Jun 16, 2017
Leave the drama in the courtroom.
President Donald Trump announces his decision to pull the United States out of the Paris climate agreement in the Rose Garden at the White House June 1, 2017 in Washington, DC.
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Russian election interference is more widespread than thought, Bloomberg reports

by Kai Ryssdal
Jun 13, 2017
While they didn't 'pull the trigger,' Russian hackers hit systems in 39 states.
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Does Trump-like Julius Caesar cross artistic lines? Sponsors say yes

by Jana Kasperkevic and Adriene Hill
Jun 12, 2017
Beware the ides of March.
The Death Of Caesar
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Cashing in on the Comey testimony buzz

by Andy Uhler
Jun 8, 2017
FBI-themed bar food and drinks are just part of the plan to monetize the political drama.
Former FBI Director James Comey is sworn prior to testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on May 3.
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Money from Eric Trump's cancer charity flowed back to the Trump Organization

by Kai Ryssdal , Bridget Bodnar and Sean McHenry
Jun 7, 2017
When good intentions go awry.
“You can't have the Donald Trump Foundation doing business with the Donald Trump course, which is what happened,” says Dan Alexander of Forbes. Above, President Donald Trump speaks as his son Eric Trump looks on.
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