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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.

Latest from Daniel Shin

  • President Joe Biden lays out policy proposals aimed at narrowing the racial wealth gap during a speech in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
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    Also today: The BBC reports on China’s regulatory sweep now hitting the education sector. Then, we take a trip to Pittsburgh to get a snapshot of the region’s economic outlook as we near the 20th anniversary of 9/11. 

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  • A visitor views a digital representation of the human genome in 2001 at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City.
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    Janet Lambert, CEO of the Alliance for Regenerative Medicine, discusses CRISPR, the surge of investment and the progress being made in developing treatments.

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  • President Joe Biden makes his way to board Air Force One in Kenner, Louisiana on September 3, 2021.
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    Also today: Paul Christopher of Wells Fargo is today’s guest for our economy and markets discussion. The BBC reports on El Salvador making bitcoin an official currency there. It’s the first nation to do so, and that’s triggered some unrest. 

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  • A motorist drives down a road in the wake of Hurricane Ida on September 4, 2021 in Grand Isle, Louisiana. Ida made landfall as a Category 4 hurricane six days before in Louisiana and brought flooding, wind damage and power outages along the Gulf Coast.
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    Also today: Supply chain issues are still plaguing the construction industry, which is also losing jobs. We also get an economic postcard from Africa, where the tourist destination of Victoria Falls is seeing a decrease in visitors.

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  • Businesses in El Salvador can now accept payment in either Bitcoin or U.S. dollars.
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    From the BBC World Service: The Latin American country will require businesses when possible to accept bitcoin from paying customers. It’s the first nation to have bitcoin as an official currency. But there have been protests and the World Bank and IMF have expressed concerns over the move. Plus, semiconductor shortages are on the agenda at a major motor industry trade show in Munich. And, how a coup in Guinea, one of the world’s biggest bauxite producers, sparked supply concerns, leading aluminum prices to surge to a 10-year high.

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  • El Salvador becomes the first to make bitcoin a national currency
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    The nation has promised $30 in bitcoin for everyone who uses the government’s crypto wallet app.

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  • A union rally in Chicago. Most Americans support union rights, a Gallup survey found.
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    New analysis out today from the Center for American Progress finds “a typical union household is more than twice as wealthy as a typical non-union household,” and it’s even more significant for Black and Hispanic workers, in particular. Also, for the first time since the pandemic began, traders have returned today to their posts in the pits of the London Metal Exchange. And, your update on gas prices across the country over Labor Day weekend.

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  • The end of pandemic unemployment benefits
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    Federal pandemic unemployment benefits have now expired. Happy Labor Day? Plus, how fantasy sports have grown from a niche hobby for fanatics into a billion-dollar industry.

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  • The London Metal Exchange last upgraded its trading floor back in 2016. In 2020, it stopped in-person trading due to COVID-19.
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    From the BBC World Service: The London Metal Exchange is the last trading hub of its kind in Europe, where traders work on a trading floor called the “Ring.” They execute trades by shouting and gesturing. But why bring traders back in person? Plus, while Ethiopia faces a shortage of foreign currency, rising prices and conflict in the Tigray region, many remain optimistic its economy will weather these challenges.

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  • "It wouldn't be out of the question for the newest John Deere combine to come fully equipped at over $1 million," says Terry Griffin, an agricultural economist with Kansas State University. Above, a John Deere employee works on a combine in Hampshire, Illinois.
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    Fixing farm equipment is no small feat, especially when the latest generation of tractors and other heavy machinery can cost in the order of a million dollars.

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