Layoffs reach record lows, and other thoughts
Make Me Smart
Marketplace
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🗓️ 16 April 2022
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
One side effect of the current labor market: Workers are less likely to get laid off. That might not be so great for those of us with toxic bosses and co-workers. Speaking of toxic, Twitter launched a “poison pill” strategy to fend off Elon Musk’s bid to buy the company. We also talk about filing taxes and four-day workweeks. We close out today’s Economics on Tap with a round of Half Full/Half Empty.
Here’s everything we talked about today:
- “Twitter Counters a Musk Takeover With a Plan to Thwart the Bid” from The New York Times
- “Odds of Getting Laid Off Are at Historic Lows in Tightest Labor Market in 50 Years” from The Wall Street Journal
- “California Considers the Four-Day Workweek” from The Wall Street Journal
- “Here are some last-minute tips as the April 18 tax filing deadline approaches” from CNBC News
- “File your taxes on time. Here’s what you should know about your refund” from NPR Life Kit
- “Crypto for kids?” from Marketplace
- “Pickleball is growing fast, with pros, prize money and business opportunities” from Marketplace
- “Spirit Halloween Store Film in the Works Starring Christopher Lloyd, Rachael Leigh Cook” from Variety
- “Krispy Kreme ties doughnut prices to average gas price on Wednesdays to offer inflation relief” from USA Today
Got a question for the hosts? Email us at makemesmart@marketplace.org or leave us a voice message at 508-827-6278, or 508-U-B-SMART.
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| 0:00.0 | Yeah, but it's just not useful for reaching beyond that. |
| 0:03.5 | Oh, hello. |
| 0:06.7 | I'm Sabrina Shore and welcome back to Make Me Smart, |
| 0:10.3 | where we make today make sense. |
| 0:12.6 | And I'm Mary El Segara. |
| 0:14.0 | Thank you to everyone for joining us this Friday |
| 0:17.0 | for Economics on Tap, whether you're |
| 0:19.2 | on the YouTube live stream or listening to the podcast. |
| 0:22.6 | Excited to be here. |
| 0:23.9 | Yeah, today we are going to do the news. |
| 0:26.6 | And we are going to play a round of half empty, |
| 0:29.6 | half full. |
| 0:31.2 | But first, Mary El, what are you drinking? |
| 0:34.7 | I love that you just changed the name of the game |
| 0:36.5 | on your first Friday here. |
| 0:40.0 | It's now called half empty, half full, Drew. |
| 0:43.2 | Now I'm just trolling you. |
| 0:45.4 | OK, I have to decide, actually, because I went to the store |
| 0:48.4 | and I got some healthy seltzer. |
| 0:50.4 | It's this tropical punch sparkling tonic, which |
| 0:54.0 | like is supposedly going to help my digestion or something. |
| 0:57.3 | And then I have tres glalos, which |
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