Finally, a resolution to the Purdue Pharma case?
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🗓️ 25 January 2025
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
Purdue Pharma’s owners in the Sackler family have agreed to a new $6.5 billion settlement to lawsuits over their role in the U.S. opioid crisis. This comes after a previous deal was rejected by the Supreme Court last year. We’ll break down the details of the settlement and what could come next. And, the U.S. housing market is the slowest it’s been in 30 years, but prices aren’t coming down. What gives? Plus, we’ll play a round of Half Full/Half Empty!
Here’s everything we talked about today:
- “Existing-Home Sales in 2024 Were Slowest in Decades Amid High Mortgage Rates” from The New York Times
- “United States Housing Market & Prices” from Redfin
- “Purdue Pharma’s Sacklers Agree to New $6.5 Billion Deal for Opioid Lawsuits” from The Wall Street
- “Supreme Court Jeopardizes Opioid Deal, Rejecting Protections for Sacklers” from The New York Times
- “Is there a market for luxury EVs? GM thinks so.” from Marketplace
- “This 24-hour diner helps New Yorkers make it through the night” from Marketplace
- “The American workweek is shrinking” from Marketplace
- “‘Lost’ Tina Turner track to be released 2 years after queen of rock ‘n’ roll’s death” from USA Today
- “UK’s 20mph speed limits ‘are cutting car insurance costs’” from The Guardian
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, everybody, I'm Amy Scott. |
| 0:09.5 | Welcome back to Make Me Smart. |
| 0:11.7 | Where we make today make sense. |
| 0:14.0 | It's Friday, January 24th. |
| 0:15.8 | Kai and Kimberly are both out today. |
| 0:18.0 | So I am joined by the great Nova Sappho. |
| 0:21.4 | Hey, Nova. |
| 0:22.9 | Hi, Amy, those slackers, Kai and Kimberly. |
| 0:25.5 | Anyway, it's good to be back. |
| 0:26.9 | Thanks, everybody, for joining us for economics on tap, our weekly happy hour episode, |
| 0:31.5 | and one of my favorite things at Marketplace. |
| 0:34.0 | Yeah, so you know the drill. |
| 0:35.1 | We're going to do some news, take a quick break, and then we will play a game. |
| 0:39.1 | But first, Nova, tell me what you're drinking. |
| 0:42.1 | Okay. |
| 0:42.9 | So this is telling you what I'm drinking and a public service announcement. |
| 0:48.3 | Menage-a-tois red blend of Zinfandel Merlot Cabernet Sauvignon 2020 year. |
| 0:56.7 | And here's this public service announcement. |
| 0:59.9 | Yeah, that part is blends are your friends. |
| 1:04.6 | Don't shy away from blends. |
| 1:06.2 | They make great table wines and are a nice, simple and carefree way of finding something good for your |
| 1:14.4 | friends for that chill dinner on a Friday night. |
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