Latest from Jarrett Dang

• Jun 6, 2023

  The space industry puts a booster on its diversity-hiring efforts

  

  The Space Workforce 2030 initiative includes some of the industry’s biggest companies, Aerospace Corp. CEO Steve Isakowitz explains.

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• Jun 6, 2023

  Will the UK vaping industry go up in smoke?

  

  From the BBC World Service: Doctors in the UK are calling for disposable vapes to be banned. Phil Mercer reports from Sydney where they’re only available on prescription. Plus, a cyber hack has seen tens of thousands of employees’ personal details being leaked across organizations including British Airways and the BBC. And finally, in a major energy breakthrough, a test satellite has transmitted and received wireless power in space for the first time.

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• Jun 5, 2023

  The push against workplace body discrimination gains momentum

  

  New York City’s new law against formalized body discrimination, signed into law last month, makes it the biggest city so far to pass such protections. We look into what’s behind the move to prohibit the practice amongst employers and what it means for employees. Plus, Saudi Arabia’s announcement that it will cut oil production may have moved markets this morning, but economist Julia Coronado says this year has been a story of surprisingly low energy prices. 

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• Jun 5, 2023

  What the debt problem says about wider issues of inequality

  

  The debt ceiling issue officially wrapped this weekend as President Biden signed a compromise deal into law, but the saga has raised unanswered questions about how…and on whom…the government spends money. We talk with Ray Dalio, founder of the world’s largest hedge fund, about what the latest spat says about inequality in America. Plus, Allstate announced it would stop its home insurance programs in California in response to increased risk from wildfires and high building costs. And finally, construction is on the downswing as building new housing units becomes more expensive. 

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• Jun 5, 2023

  Oil prices rise as OPEC+ slashes production by a million barrels a day

  

  From the BBC World Service: Oil prices rise after OPEC+, the organization enabling the cooperation of leading oil-producing countries in order to collectively influence the global market and maximize profit, cut production by a further million barrels a day. Oil analyst Cornelia Meyer explains why they’ve done it. Plus the BBC’s Archana Shukla reports from India on the train crash that’s cost at least 275 lives. And finally, China aims for the moon as it invests in the new space race.

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• Jun 2, 2023

  Job openings rose a lot…but so did unemployment

  

  Today’s jobs report is in the books, and it showed something that economists didn’t expect: a rise in unemployment combined with a huge boost in the number of jobs added. FHN Financial Chief Economist Christopher Low explains what the data could mean, including that the quality of job openings could be falling. Plus, what’s inside the debt deal that passed the Senate last night? And finally, economist Monica de Bolle helps break down what’s gone so wrong in Argentina’s economy. 

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• Jun 2, 2023

  How Argentina’s economy crumbled

  

  The nation’s economic crisis, marked by unhinged inflation, has been developing for at least a decade, says economist Monica de Bolle.

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• Jun 2, 2023

  Debt ceiling drama — done

  

  President Biden overcame the final legislative hurdle to raising the nation’s debt ceiling last night as the Senate voted 63-36 in favor of the compromise agreement struck with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy last weekend. We look at what’s in the final agreement as it goes to the White House for the final sign-off. And finally, Argentina’s economy is in tatters as people deal with inflation over 100% — the BBC’s Leanna Byrne explains how that’s been affecting people on the ground. 

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• Jun 2, 2023

  Fresh U.S. sanctions on Sudan as fighting rages

  

  From the BBC World Service: Sudanese companies and individuals have been hit with new economic restrictions as an intense power struggle continues to cause devastation in the country. Dr. Mehrzad Boroujerdi, a U.S.-based policy analyst, believes it will take more than just sanctions to end the conflict. iPhone maker Foxconn has followed through on a plan to expand production into India by the end of the year. And find out why the pandemic has changed how we eat lunch at work.

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• Jun 2, 2023

  Finding Your Place: a special report on the economics of homelessness

  

  How did homelessness become such a defining and intractable economic issue in America? What are the root causes of the recent rise in homelessness, and more importantly, how do we fix it? In this special report, we delve into six different facets of the fight against homelessness to get a better sense of what people have been going through — and what that can tell us about how to tackle the issue that’s been vexing mayors and legislators across the nation for decades. 

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