Latest from Jonathan Frewin

• Mar 16, 2021

  China’s tech giants face tougher regulation at home

  

  China’s tech giants are under increased pressure from regulators in the country who are worried about their growing influence. Also, Facebook agrees to pay Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp for links to news in Australia. And, we look at the value of a school meal, and not just to the children who receive them.

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• Mar 15, 2021

  A tax refund for the unemployed? We explain.

  

  Also, Julia Coronado drops in to talk about the markets with the central bankers meeting, and we also discuss infrastructure.

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• Mar 15, 2021

  $1.9 trillion relief plan includes help for food insecurity

  

  Airline business has started to pick up. The plan could also provide help with ventilation in schools as they plan to reopen.

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• Mar 15, 2021

  U.K. vaccine rollout gives reasons for economic optimism, says Bank of England

  

  The governor of the U.K. central bank, Andrew Bailey of the Bank of England, gave a cautiously optimistic view of the country’s economic prospects for the year ahead, thanks to the vaccine rollout. Also, the Netherlands and Ireland raise concerns about the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine, and Italy heads back to lockdown.  

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• Mar 12, 2021

  Is the Netflix password sharing free-for-all in danger?

  

  The streaming platform is starting to warn people about sharing their passwords with others. It’s not a security thing but a revenue thing. Plus, venue owners that put on concerts and other events are hopeful for recovery with federal aid on the way. And, what a Grammy nomination (or lack thereof) does for a musician’s career.

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• Mar 12, 2021

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

  

  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

  

  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 11, 2021

  Early signs of hiring to come this spring?

  

  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

  

  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

  

  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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