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.

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As war rages in Iran, Ukraine fears it will be even harder to get the weapons it needs.

The war in the Middle East has consumed more patriot and other missile interceptors than the war in Ukraine in more than four years.

I'm Carolyn Beeler.

And I'm Marco Wurman today, how one war impacts another.

Also, life along the border between Israel and Lebanon,

as families try to cope in a state of emergency.

And a rise in anti-Semitic attacks in Europe.

People are covering their Magan David, their Star of David.

Men are not walking in the streets anymore with a KIPA.

Plus, black K-pop fans hear their history in the music.

We're hearing black influence filtered through a Korean audience.

That's all today on the world.

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