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Daniel Shin

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

Latest from Daniel Shin

  • Mar 12, 2021

    Asia’s tech giant Grab could be the biggest SPAC so far

    Grab previously bought Uber's Southeat Asia operations.
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    Grab, based in Singapore, started out as a ride-hailing app. It’s grown to become one of Southeast Asia’s best-known tech businesses. Plus, what makes people truly happy at work, and what can we learn from them?

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  • Mar 12, 2021

    Sen. Warren on taxing the ultrawealthy

    "This going to be good for our economy," Warren, D-Mass., said of the wealth tax legislation she introduced last week.
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    Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass. joins the show to discuss the wealth tax she introduced last week, which would impose a 2% tax on individual net worth above $50 million and an additional 1% surtax on net worth above $1 billion. Plus, COVID relief payments could hit bank accounts as soon as this weekend. And, China’s antitrust regulator fines some of the country’s largest tech giants.

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  • Mar 12, 2021

    White House signals that antitrust enforcement is on its agenda

    President Joe Biden's infrastructure plan would make roughly a trillion dollars available to repair roads, bridges and other systems.
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    Tim Wu was added to the National Economic Council, and Lina Khan is reportedly being considered for a seat at the FTC.

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  • Mar 11, 2021

    Early signs of hiring to come this spring?

    Early signs of hiring to come this spring?
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    Weekly jobless claims numbers are moving in the right direction after a decline in initial unemployment benefits applications last week. Does this foreshadow more hiring in the weeks and months to come? Plus, what’s in the COVID relief package schools. Also, inequities in Black representation in film and TV. And, high school basketball through the frame of wealth and poverty. We revisit the 1994 documentary “Hoop Dreams.”

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  • Mar 11, 2021

    “Hoop Dreams”: A lesson on money and basketball

    "Hoop Dreams" documents over five years the lives of two high school basketball players from families struggling economically in Chicago as they work toward pro careers.
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    Our Econ Extra Credit documentary selection for March is about wealth, poverty and basketball. Plus, what the COVID relief package provides in terms of making health care more affordable. And, Mexico makes progress on legalizing recreational marijuana.

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  • Mar 11, 2021

    Mexico could become one of the largest legal cannabis markets

    Mexico's government says legalization could help tackle the country's drug cartels.
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    If lawmakers in Mexico pass a bill to legalize recreational marijuana, thousands of small farmers could be brought into the formal economy. Also, European central bankers are set to discuss whether mounting levels of debt could push up inflation. And, the race among central banks to mint new digital currencies.

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  • Mar 11, 2021

    Sex workers pivoted to OnlyFans, but there are a lot of amateurs there, too

    The site Onlyfans has seen an enormous boost during the pandemic. That traffic is coming from sex workers whose work can’t be done with social distancing, and so they turned almost exclusively to digital platforms. But doing that work online can be challenging because of laws that were meant to stop online trafficking.
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    Sex workers are battling for attention among other would-be influencers.

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  • Mar 10, 2021

    What the COVID relief package allocates for vaccines

    What the COVID relief package allocates for vaccines
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    There’s about $14 billion to speed up the distribution and administration of vaccines across the country, and $46 billion to expand COVID testing and to enhance contact tracing capabilities. Plus, the Nasdaq’s correction this week and wider trends about where investors are putting their money and why.

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  • Mar 10, 2021

    $40 billion for child care

    Nearly $15 billion would help fund child care for low-income families, and about $24 billion would go to child care providers to help cover operating expenses.
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    We break down where funding in the COVID relief package is directed, including aid for child care and money for restaurants. Plus, Black-owned businesses in Nashville, Tennessee, hope to capitalize on tourist foot traffic in one of ​the city’s most iconic business districts.

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  • Mar 10, 2021

    WTO considers calls to suspend COVID vaccine patents

    More than 100 developing countries are experiencing rollout delays due to vaccine shortages.
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    From the BBC World Service: More than 100 developing countries support the proposal, which would permit more drugmakers to manufacture COVID vaccines. Plus, a new bridge between India and Bangladesh aims to boost trade ties. And, appealing to the spending power of the “purple dollar” by including more people with disabilities in advertisements.

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