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This is the indication from planet money. I'm Darian Woods and I'm Whale and Wong. There is a boom going on right now in the U.S.

Companies are building factories at a galloping pace and much of this is fueled by government subsidies

Taxpayer money is going into semiconductor chip fabrication in Arizona

It's paying for green hydrogen plants in California and solar panel factories in Alabama

This kind of stuff is called industrial policy and there are a few motivations here

Defense security climate change and plain old trying to make America wealthier and it's the last point that is hotly

contested and the question is

Can government support for industries make the country thrive?

Today, we want to settle this question once and for all with the debate once and for all

Once and for all you'll never need another episode on industrial policy again

We have two excellent and thoughtful guests arguing on both sides. We'll see who can change your mind Darian takes it from here after the break

Hackers pulled off the largest crypto heist in history 600 million dollars

I mean, I was jaw dropping. That's a huge amount of money the race to track down the stolen money led the investigators in the FBI

Around the globe when you're dealing with hacking groups that have an army of

Cybercriminals you're in for a long fight a classic who done it and how from planet money on NPR

There's a lot in the news these days and sometimes the headlines just aren't enough

Every Sunday on up first we bring you an in-depth exploration behind a major story

We dive deeper into the details and why you should care

Listen now to the Sunday story from NPR's up first podcast

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