Our annual cherry blossom episode
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4.5 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 16 March 2024
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
On today’s edition of Economics on Tap, we’ll get into some news while celebrating cherry blossom season in Washington, D.C. The National Association of Realtors agreed to settle a slew of lawsuits and change its rules on commissions. We’ll discuss how the fallout could impact the way we buy and sell homes in the United States. And, an usual political money phenomenon is the hot new thing in political strategy. Plus, we’ll play a blossom-themed round of This or That!
Here’s everything we talked about today:
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- “Kushner Developing Deals Overseas Even as His Father-in-Law Runs for President” from The New York Times
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- “Boeing Tells Airlines to Check 787 Cockpit Seats After Mishap on Latam Flight” from The Wall Street Journal
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- “National Association of Realtors Agrees to Slash Commissions to Settle Lawsuits” from The New York Times
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- “Our TikTok Peeps diorama contest winners for 2023” from The Washington Post
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| 0:00.0 | Got the Cherry Blossom Alergies to go with it. |
| 0:04.0 | Oh man, I had allergies this week for the first time ever. |
| 0:07.0 | Wow! |
| 0:08.0 | It's terrible! |
| 0:11.0 | It's the worst. |
| 0:12.0 | It is the worst. It is the worst. |
| 0:14.0 | Well, hey everybody, I'm Kimberly Adams. |
| 0:17.0 | Welcome back to Make Me Smart, where we make today makes sense. |
| 0:21.0 | It is the Ides of March, Friday, March the 15th. Hope you didn't |
| 0:24.9 | stab anybody in the back today. |
| 0:26.2 | I didn't see that coming. I'm Kyiv Rissel and |
| 0:33.0 | join us on the podcast and on the YouTube live stream. |
| 0:36.2 | It is Friday, of course, we are going to do a little happy hour today |
| 0:38.9 | and some other stuff. Oh my goodness, no stabbing though. |
| 0:42.3 | No stabbing. Right. So today we have a special edition of |
| 0:45.9 | economics on tap. It's our annual Cherry Blossom party. I should say my |
| 0:49.6 | annual Cherry Blossom party because Guy didn't wear his shirt today but that's okay. We love him anyway. |
| 0:55.8 | As usual we're going to get to some news, we're going to take a break, we're going to play a game. |
| 0:59.7 | But before we do that, we're going to talk drinks, and my drink is, of course, |
| 1:04.6 | Cherry Blossom themed. I have a Cherry Blossom Highball, which has Cherry Blossom |
| 1:10.0 | syrup, sake, whiskey, and the Luxardo cherries, |
| 1:14.7 | topped with a little bit of club soda. |
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