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Daniel Shin

"Marketplace Tech" Producer

Daniel helps produce the daily “Marketplace Tech” show and podcast, and he’s interested in tech policy and ethics.

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  • The pandemic has led to a record number of people deciding to leave their jobs.
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    Jobs survey data from the hiring website LinkedIn shows many feel now is the best time to make that career change

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  • The pandemic has led to a record number of people deciding to leave their jobs.
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    Also today: The Democrats are adding a corporate minimum tax in an attempt to help pay for President Biden’s social spending plan.

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  • Britain's finance minister, Chancellor Rishi Sunak will present the government's budget and spending review on Wednesday.
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    From the BBC World Service: U.K. finance minister Rishi Sunak will unveil London’s latest spending priorities today, with details already trickling out including plans for a higher national living wage, new spending on public transport projects and money to tackle backlogs in the National Health Service. Plus, as Russia threatens to suspend gas exports to Moldova, is Moscow using energy as a political weapon?

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  • A surveillance camera monitors the border between the United States and Mexico in Hidalgo, Texas.
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    American companies are pulling some Chinese-made tech products off shelves because of ongoing persecution of minority Uyghurs.

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  • Long-term bonds would help the Treasury borrow while locking in the current low interest rates.
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    Also today: A working paper from researchers at USC and UCLA found that the vaccine-averse aren’t receptive to financial incentives to get vaccinated. In some cases, it might have the opposite effect. Marketplace’s Jennifer Pak drops in to share some details about Goldman Sachs establishing a deeper foothold in China. 

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  • Union votes at Bessemer, Alabama's, Amazon facility were set to be counted on March 29.
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    Also, Tesla has now become a trillion-dollar company after rental car company Hertz ordered up 100,000 Teslas to add to its fleet.

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  • The Treasury Secretary previously pledged greater U.S. co-operation with international partners, including China, than under the Trump administration.
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    From the BBC World Service: Janet Yellen had a “frank” conversation about economics and trade with China’s Vice Premier Liu He, who laid bare Chinese concerns over U..S tariffs and treatment of Chinese companies. Plus, Australia – one of the world’s biggest fossil fuel exporters – pledges to reach net zero carbon emissions by 2050. And, with international funds to Afghanistan frozen since the Taliban took over in August, we hear about crippling food shortages and other challenges facing people in the country.

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  • Blue and gray wires are plugged into a computer server.
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    Tribal libraries can be key for using the internet in broadband-scarce communities, but due to a narrow definition of “library,” many have been left out.

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  • Navajo Nation is currently expanding internet capacity at local government and community centers that function like libraries through E-Rate, a Federal Communications Commission program that helps schools and libraries access affordable broadband.
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    There’s a program called “E-Rate” that subsidizes broadband data connections for schools and libraries. But libraries on tribal lands were excluded. Also, we’ll get yet another wave of signs about where the economy is headed (and where it’s most recently been) from profit and revenue reports for companies like Apple, Ford and General Electric — as well as the latest calculation of U.S. economic growth for Q3. And, AMC movie theaters are rolling out open captioning for those with hearing loss.

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  • A new report from the New York Times delves into stock trades by a number of  lawmakers that may present a conflict of interest.
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    Democrats in Congress are looking for new ways to fund a spending plan for increasing social benefits and fighting climate change. In the face of opposition to raising the corporate tax rate, Democrats are pivoting to a plan that would require billionaires to pay taxes on the increased value of assets such as stocks on an annual basis, regardless of whether they sell those assets. Also today: We look at the argument for why businesses should be interested in a four-day workweek for their employees.

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