Disposable income growth chugs along
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4.6 • 8.5K Ratings
🗓️ 28 September 2024
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
Disposable income was up 0.2% in August from July, the latest personal consumption expenditures report shows. It’s good news that income is outpacing inflation, but major life expenses like homeownership or retirement are still out of reach for many Americans. Also in this episode: Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign may benefit from Divine Nine-affiliated PACs, California decides how best to recycle EV batteries, and Denver property owners will pay an annual tax to fund sidewalk maintenance.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi I'm Kai Rizdahl the host of How We Survive |
| 0:03.4 | It's a podcast from Marketplace. In 1986, before I was a journalist, I was flying for the Navy. |
| 0:09.6 | Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall. |
| 0:14.4 | It was the cold war and my first deployments were intercepting Russian bombers. |
| 0:18.6 | Today though, there's another threat out there, climate change. |
| 0:22.5 | This could be the warmest year on record. |
| 0:24.6 | Climate change is here. |
| 0:25.7 | Temperatures here are warming faster than anywhere on Earth. |
| 0:29.5 | And while the threat seems new, |
| 0:31.6 | the Pentagon's been funding studies on climate change since the 1950s. |
| 0:35.9 | I think we will put our troops and our forces at higher risk if we don't recognize the impact of climate change. |
| 0:44.7 | This season, we go to the front lines of the climate crisis |
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| 1:33.0 | In Los Angeles, I'm Kyle Rizdahl. It is Friday, today, September the 27th. |
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