A moment of economic peril
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4.5 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 7 October 2023
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
Interest rates are high. Bonds yields are on the rise. And money is getting more expensive. We’ll explain what this means for consumers and fiscal policymaking. Plus, NASA has ambitious plans to send civilians to the moon (and make Kimberly’s dreams come true). Later, we’ll weigh in on self-checkout aisles and magnet less refrigerators during a round of Half Full/Half Empty.
Here’s everything we talked about:
- “Pharmacies begin dispensing abortion pills” from Politico
- “Maybe in Your Lifetime, People Will Live on the Moon and Then Mars” from The New York Times
- “Chaos in Washington Feeds Americans’ Dismal View of Politics” from The New York Times
- “Gil Scott-Heron’s Poem, ‘Whitey on the Moon'” from The Atlantic
- “Why does furniture fall apart so easily?” from Marketplace
- “What are YouTube obituary pirates?” from Marketplace
- “Are Fridge Magnets ‘Lowbrow’? Appliance Manufacturers Have Decided: Yes” from The Wall Street Journal
- “Costco gold bars: Here’s what’s behind the demand” from AP News
- “Walmart, Costco, and Kroger Are Facing a Self-Checkout Reckoning” from Business Insider
If you’ve got a question about today’s economy, send it our way. Leave us a voicemail at 508-U-B-SMART or email us at makemesmart@marketplace.org.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, everybody, if you are hearing this, I'm going to assume you're at least interested |
| 0:04.0 | in money and understanding the economy and finances and some of you want the same for |
| 0:09.0 | your kids as well. |
| 0:10.8 | Well, check out a million bazillion marketplaces webby winning kids podcasts that breaks down |
| 0:14.8 | money to help dollars make more sense. |
| 0:18.2 | Million bazillion is presented in partnership with green lights, the debit card and money |
| 0:22.3 | app for kids and teens. |
| 0:24.6 | Green light helps kids and teens learn to earn, save, spend wisely, invest and even to build |
| 0:29.7 | credit. |
| 0:30.7 | Tune into million bazillion, wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 0:34.2 | Whatever it takes, everybody have a card, Rizadal, welcome back to make me smart. |
| 0:42.9 | Where we make today makes sense, it is Friday, October 5th, yes, 5th, no, 6th. |
| 0:48.7 | No, it's 6 today. |
| 0:49.7 | Yes. |
| 0:50.7 | It's the 6th. |
| 0:51.7 | We made it to Friday. |
| 0:52.7 | Yes. |
| 0:53.7 | Real day. |
| 0:54.7 | Yes. |
| 0:55.7 | I'm Kimberly Adams. |
| 0:56.7 | Everybody to our Friday show and thanks to everybody who is joining us on the YouTube |
| 1:01.6 | live stream for economics on tap our weekly happy hour and yeah, we made it to another |
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