What if we told you America's economy is strong enough that we can have nice things.

I'm Catherine Ann Edwards and I'm an economist.

I'm Robin Rousey and I'm an editor.

Every Tuesday on Optimist Economy, we talk through economic policies that matter.

Social Security, the minimum wage, immigration, child care.

And we look at the research and the data, not just politicized hot takes.

You'll probably learn something. You'll probably laugh. And you look at the research and the data, not just politicized hot takes. You'll probably

learn something. You'll probably laugh. And you'll finally understand why we can have a better

economy. Search for optimist economy wherever you listen to podcasts.

The power is out in Cuba and people are protesting their government on the street.

That does not mean that talk of a U.S. takeover is being warmly received there.

The notion that a foreign president, let alone the president of the United States,

says that he's going to take Cuba and do whatever he wants with it.

That is a gift to the ruling Communist Party.

I'm Carolyn Beeler.

And I'm Marco Werman today. Cuba in crisis.

Also on the show, more Iranian leaders have been assassinated.

We'll hear who they were and what happens now that they're gone.

Plus, it is almost the end of Ramadan.

A cookbook author shares memories of the foods she ate when breaking the fast as a child.

Ramadan only comes once a year.

I really want to have similar dishes to what I had growing up and to recreate those exact

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