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 White House hosted Colombia's president today.

Stopping the flow of cocaine out of the country was at the top of the agenda, but that is a complex proposition.

Cocaine coming from Colombia that is then exported through Ecuador, through Brazil, through the

Colombian Atlantic coast into the United States, but also notably into other markets like Europe.

I'm Marco Werman. And I'm Carolyn Beeler. Also on the show, the bitterly cold winter in Ukraine

is messing with frontline technology like drones. The software will tell you it's okay, you can run

for another 30 minutes, but you're not. Fortunately, Russians have the same problem.

Plus, solving an ancient mystery about an abandoned city in Southeast Asia and why weather

forecasters in Spain are facing threats for talking about climate change.

It was a government conspiracy, he said, to dry out his land and drive him from it.

All those stories and more today on the world.

This is the world. I'm Carolyn Beeler. And I'm Marco Wurman. Thank you for tuning in with us.

Ukraine was subjected to another brutal night, hundreds of Russian drones and a record 32 ballistic

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